John Terence Nicholls O'Brien
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Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (April 23, 1830 – February 28, 1903) surveyor, engineer and colonial governor, born in Manchester, England and died in London, England.
He studied at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and then attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
O'Brien, a member of the British army, received a medal of honour for his service in the Indian Mutiny War. In 1881 he was appointed governor of Heligoland, knighted in 1888 and became governor of Newfoundland in 1889.
O'Brien as governor of Newfoundland helped precipitate the 1894 bank crash by his many dispatches to London noting that Newfoundland politicians under Premier William Whiteway's Liberal Government were uniquely corrupt and incompetent. He resigned from office in 1895 and returned to London.
The Newfoundland community of Terenceville was so named in his honor.
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- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse |
Governor of Heligoland 1881-1888 |
Succeeded by Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Arthur Blake |
Colonial Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador 1889-1895 |
Succeeded by Sir Herbert Harley Murray |
