Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856
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Name (Hebrew)
פוטינגר, הנרי, 1789-1856
Name (Latin)
Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856
Other forms of name
nnaa Pottinger, Henry, bart., Sir, 1789-1856
Po-tien-chai, 1789-1856
Date of birth
1789-10-03
Date of death
1856-03-18
Occupation
Colonial administrators
Governors
Soldiers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Sir H.E.F. Young's Report on the Eastern Province blue book, not before 1847:title page (Sir Henry Pottinger)
- Henry Pottinger; Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC; born 3 October 1789, County Down, Ireland; died 18 March 1856, Malta; Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong; governor of Cape Colony, 1847 ( (Wikipedia, Apr. 5, 2018) )
- Le Cordeur, B. A. The War of the Axe, 1847, 1981:t.p. (Sir Henry Pottinger) p. 20 (b. in 1789 in Ireland)
- LC data base, 3-23-88(hdg.: Pottinger, Henry, bart., Sir, 1789-1856)
- Tsʻung Po-tien-cha tao Pʻeng Ting-kʻang, 1994:t.p. (Po-tien-cha) p. 1, etc. (Sir Henry Pottinger, first governor of Hong Kong)
Wikipedia description:
Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, (3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He served as the first governor of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1844 and became a Lieutenant-General with the Bombay Army in 1851.
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