Orfeur Cavenagh
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General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh was the last Governor of the Straits Settlements to be appointed by the East India Company, governing from 1859 to 1867 under the India Office.
1921 portrait of Cavenagh
Memorial plaque to Cavenagh in St Mary's Church, Long Ditton, Surrey
Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also styled Viscount Canning and referred to as "Clemency Canning", was a British politician and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Orfeur Cavenagh
…1854, he was appointed Town and Fort Major of Calcutta. In this role he was responsible to the governor-general, the Marquess of Dalhousie followed by Lord Canning, for the safety of Fort William during the Indian Rebellion. Lord Canning offered him the post of Governor of the Straits Settlements on 1 July 1859…
Portrait by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1855
Daguerreotype, c. 1845
At Simla with his wife and Lord Clyde, Commander-in-Chief, 1860
India, 1860