Background
He was born in Belfast on 3 March 1828.
He was born in Belfast on 3 March 1828.
He served in various senior colonial civil service posts in the British Empire before being appointed Governor of Queensland in January 1875. He held the post for two years before becoming acting Governor of South Australia. He subsequently returned to England where he died in London on 7 July 1888.
The city of Cairns in Queensland was named after him.
