William Henry Gregory
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Sir William Henry Gregory PC KCMG was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician who served as Governor of Ceylon from 1872 to 1877. He was the husband of Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder a
"An art critic" Gregory as caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, December 1871
The Gregory family vault near Coole Park, County Galway in 2016. Originally located on the demesne, it now lies on farmland in Kiltartan between the N18 and M18 (construction site) roads.
Information sign on the Gregory family vault.
British Ceylon
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British Ceylon refers to the imperial possessions of the United Kingdom in the island of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, between 1796 and 4 February 1948. Initially, the area it covered did not include
William Henry Gregory
…Sir William Henry Gregory PC (Ire) KCMG (13 July 1816 – 6 March 1892) was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician who served as Governor of Ceylon from 1872 to 1877. He was the husband of Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder and Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, literary hostess and…
A group of British appointed Kandyan chiefs, with John Penry Lewis, Government Agent, Central Province in 1905
Admiral Sir James Somerville inspecting a detachment of Wrens serving with the East Indies Fleet in Colombo, July 1944
RAF crew and local Sinhalese in August 1945
Sir Edward Barnes was Governor of Ceylon from 1824 to 1831