John Pope Hennessy
| Sir John Pope Hennessy | |
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| 8th Governor of Hong Kong | |
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In office 22 April 1877 – 30 March 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Bowen |
| 15th Governor of Mauritius | |
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In office 1 June 1883 – 11 December 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Napier Broome |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Cameron Lees |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 April 1834 County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 7 October 1891 (aged 57) |
| Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| Alma mater | Queen's University of Ireland |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sir John Pope Hennessy, KCMG (Chinese: 軒尼詩; 5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong.
Sir John Pope Hennessy was born in County Cork the son of John Hennessy (originally Ó hAonghusa) of Ballyhennessy and educated at Queen's College, Cork. Hennessy completed his medical training at Queen's University of Ireland.
He started his Public Service career as the Supplemental Clerk at the Privy Council, and eventually became a minor Conservative member of the British Parliament, representing King's County from 1859 to 1865. Whilst an MP he studied law at the Inner Temple, being called to the bar in 1861. In 1890, as MP for North Kilkenny he joined the Irish National Federation. He died the following year.
Hennessy eventually joined the Colonial Office and became colonial Governor of Labuan in 1867 where he put the Crown Colony into solvency by introducing convict labour from the Straits Settlements. He went on to become the Governor of Sierra Leone from 1872 to 1873, when he moved to the governorship of the Bahamas. He became Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, from 1873 until 1877, with primary authority over Barbados, and executive oversight over the various British Lt. Governors and Administrators charged with running day-to-day affairs on the various islands.
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