Charles Henry Darling
Charles Henry Darling | |
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| 3rd Governor of Victoria | |
| In office 11 September 1863 – 7 May 1866 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Barkly |
| Succeeded by | John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1809 Lansdown Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire , England |
Sir Charles Henry Darling
Biography
He was born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the son of Major-General Henry Darling and nephew of General Sir Ralph Darling.
He was educated at the
He started his colonial service while in Jamaica, during which time he often clashed with leaders of the
Darling supported the British suggestions granting the French more fishing rights in waters of Newfoundland between Cape St. John and Cape Ray to the total disagreement of the Newfoundland government which ultimately led to the end of his term in office.
Darling became governor and captain-chief of Jamaica in 1857 then governor of
His first marriage was on 2 May 1835 to Anne Wilhelmina Dalzell (18 July 1813 – 16 October 1837).[1] They had a son who died in infancy. Anne came from a wealthy family, who owned a plantation in Barbados. Through Anne's will, Darling would have received some money, although she died before her mother who had owned the slaves.[2][3]
He was then married, at Christ Church, Barbados, on 14 December 1839 to Mary Ann Nurse (who died of yellow fever in St Lucia on 6 November 1848). His third marriage, at Ilfracombe, North Devon, was on 10 December 1851 to Elizabeth Isabella Caroline Salter (c. 1820 – 10 December 1900).
Charles Henry Darling died at
Legacy
Darling Street in the Ballarat south suburb of Redan is named for him.[4]
See also
- Governors of Newfoundland
- List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Governor of Victoria
References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Ann[e] Wilhelmina Darling (née Dalzell) - Profile & Legacies Summary". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London.
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- ^ City of Ballarat, 5 January 2012. Roads and Open Space Index, pg.14, Ballarat: City of Ballarat
External links
- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Biography at Saint Lucia Government House
- Family tree[usurped]
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