Henry Frederick Lockyer

Major General Henry Frederick Lockyer

Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 30 June 1860 – 30 July 1860
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Henry George Ward
Succeeded by	Charles Edmund Wilkinson acting governor
21st General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office 1856 – ?
Preceded by	T. Reed
Succeeded by	Terence O'Brien
Personal details
Born	1797
Died	1860
Spouse(s)	Ellis Ann Elizabeth Lockyer
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major General
Commands	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

Major General Henry Frederick Lockyer, CB, KH (1797–30 August 1860) was an acting Governor of British Ceylon. He was appointed on 30 June 1860 and was acting Governor until 30 July 1860. On his return journey home, he died aboard the SS Ripon.^[1] He was succeeded by Charles Edmund Wilkinson.^[2]

References

↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 209, page 443
↑ "Sri Lanka". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

Government offices
Preceded by Henry George Ward	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1860-1860	Succeeded by Charles Edmund Wilkinson acting governor
Military offices
Preceded by T. Reed	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1856–?	Succeeded by Terence O'Brien

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

1 Stuart 2 Doyle 3 Bonnevaux 4 de Meuron 5 Champagné 6 MacDowall 7 Wemyss 8 Maitland 9 Wilson 10 Brownrigg 11 Jackson 12 Barnes 13 Campbell 14 Lowe 15 Wilson 16 Arbuthnot 17 Campbell 18 Smelt 19 Bainbrigge 20 Reed 21 Lockyer 22 O'Brien 23 Hodson 24 Renny 25 Street 26 Wilby

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