ORD

Sir Harry St. George (eld. son of Harry Gough Ord, captain R.A.). b. North Cray, Kent 17 June 1819; 2 lieut. R.E. 14 Dec. 1837; adjutant of the R.E. at Chas am 1 Jany. 1852 to July 1854; brigade major of the R.E. in the Baltic July 1854; lieut. col. R.E. 28 Nov. 1859, retired with hon. rank of M.G. 16 April 1869; lieutenant governor of Dominica 2 Sept. 1857; governor of the Bermudas 16 Feb. 1861 to Nov. 1866; governor of the Straits Settlements 5 Feb. 1867 to Nov. 1873; governor of Western Australia 12 Nov. 1877, retired on a pension 6 April 1880; C.B. 9 Oct. 1865; knighted by patent 19 Aug. 1867; K.C.M.G. 30 May 1877, G.C.M.G. 24 May 1881. d. Homburg 20 Aug. 1885. bur. in churchyard of Fornham, St. Martin, near Bury St. Edmunds, portrait in chamber of legislative council, Bermuda.