Harry Ord

Sir Harry St. George Ord (17 June 1819 – 20 August 1885) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Bermuda between 1861 and 1864, Governor of the Straits Settlements between 1867 and 1873, and Governor of Western Australia between 1877 and 1880. Education and career Ord was the son of Henry Gough Ord and grandson of Craven Ord (1756–1832) of Greenstead Hall, Essex, a prominent antiquarian. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, (1835–1837). He served in the Royal Engineers, (1837–1856), principally in the West Indies, West Africa, and the Anglo-French expedition to the Baltic (1854), during the Crimean War. Ord later held many important colonial posts, including: Commissioner of the Gold Coast (1855–1856) Commissioner at the Courts of Paris and The Hague (1856–1857) Governor of Dominica (1857–1861) Governor of Bermuda (1861–1864) Special Commissioner to West Africa (1864–1867) Governor of the Straits Settlements (1867–1873) Governor of Western Australia (1877–1880) Governor of Straits Settlements