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Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet

Sir George Arthur, Bt
Major-General Sir George Arthur.jpg
Superintendent of British Honduras
In office
1814–1822
Preceded by John Nugent Smyth
Succeeded by A. H. Pye
4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land
In office
14 May 1824 – 29 October 1836
Preceded by Colonel William Sorell
Succeeded by Captain Sir John Franklin
17th Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
In office
1838–1841
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by Francis Bond Head
Succeeded by The Lord Sydenham
37th Governor of Bombay
In office
1842–1846
Preceded by James Rivett-Carnac
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1784-06-21)21 June 1784
Plymouth, England
Died 19 September 1854(1854-09-19) (aged 70)
London, England
Spouse(s) Eliza Orde Usher Smith

Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet KCH PC (21 June 1784 – 19 September 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814–1822), Van Diemen's Land (now the State of Tasmania, part of Australia) (1823–1837) and Upper Canada (1838–1841). He also served as Governor of Bombay (1842–1846).

George Arthur was born in Plymouth, England. He was the youngest son of John Arthur, from a Cornish family, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornish. He entered the army in 1804 as an Ensign and was promoted Lieutenant in June 1805. He served during the Napoleonic Wars including Sir James Craig's expedition to Italy in 1806. In 1807 he went to Egypt, and was severely wounded in the attack upon Rosetta. He recuperated and was promoted to Captain under Sir James Kempt in Sicily in 1808, and participated in the Walcheren expedition in 1809.

Major George Arthur married Eliza Orde Ussher, daughter of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Sigismund Smith, K.C.B., in May, 1814. Lady Arthur lived in Toronto, Ontario 1838–41 with three of the couple`s sons and their five daughters. She died in London, England, 14 January 1855. Their daughter Catherine married Sir Henry Bartle Frere after he had been her father's personal secretary for two years in Bombay, and gave birth to the poet Mary Frere. Their son John married Aileen Spring Rice, the granddaughter of Lord Monteagle of Brandon.


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