Harry Ord
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Major General The Honourable Sir Harry Ord GCMG CB |
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In his official attire as Governor of Western Australia
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| Governor of Straits Settlements | |
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In office 1855–1856 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh |
| Succeeded by | Sir Andrew Clarke |
| 10th Governor of Western Australia | |
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In office 1877–1880 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Robinson |
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4 August 1819 North Cray, Kent, England |
| Died | 20 August 1885 (aged 66) Homburg, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Julia Graham of Exmouth |
| Religion | Christian |
Major General Sir Harry St. George Ord GCMG CB (4 August 1819 – 20 August 1885) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Bermuda, the Straits Settlements and Western Australia.
Ord was the son of Henry Gough Ord and grandson of Craven Ord (1756–1832) of Greenstead Hall, Essex, a prominent antiquarian. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, (1835–1837). He served in the Royal Engineers, (1837–1856), principally in the West Indies, West Africa, and the Anglo-French expedition to the Baltic (1854), during the Crimean War.
Ord later held many important colonial posts, including:
Sir Harry Ord, whom the second Colonial Office appointed in 1867 as the Governor of the Straits Settlements, was at first given no instructions regarding the Colony's relations with the Malay States. He was unpopular in the Straits Settlements, but was an ambitious and energetic man, who was ready to do what he could to restore order and promote trade in the Peninsula. Conditions in Malaya at that time were extremely unsettled. The quarrels of the Malays were intensified by feuds between competing groups of Chinese miners, and the links of the Chinese with the British settlements threatened to involve these too in the trouble. After some experience of negotiating with Malays and Siamese, Ord worked out a policy under which he proposed to share the supervision of the Peninsula between Britain and Siam. This policy was disapproved by the Colonial Office, and Ord was directed to abstain from all interference in the affairs of the Malay States.
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