Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
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| Jenico William Joseph Preston | |
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| In office 1887 – 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Monroe Eldridge |
| Succeeded by | Charles Mitchell |
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| In office 1876 – 1880 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Bruce |
| Succeeded by | Charles Bruce |
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| In office August 8, 1893 – August 14, 1900 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Havelock |
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| Born | 1 June 1837 Gormanston Castle, Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 29 October 1907 Dublin, Ireland |
| Spouse | Ismay Louisa Ursula Bellow & Georgina Jane Connellan |
Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston GCMG (1 June 1837-29 October 1907), was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator.
Gormanston was the son of Edward Anthony John Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, and his wife Lucretia, daughter of William Charles Jerningham, and was born at Gormanston Castle, County Meath. He joined the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1855 and fought as a Lieutenant in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. However, Gormanston retired from the Army in 1860. He later held the ceremonial posts of High Sheriff of County Dublin and County Meath and was Chamberlain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland the Marquess of Abercorn between 1866 and 1868. He succeeded his father in 1876 and was able to take his seat in the House of Lords in his junior title of Baron Gormanston, which had been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for his father in 1868. In 1885 Gormanston was appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands, a post he held until 1887, and then served as Governor of British Guiana from 1887 to 1893 and as Governor of Tasmania from 1893 to 1900.
Lord Gormanston married firstly Hon. Ismay Louisa Ursula Bellew, daughter of Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew, in 1861. They had no children. After his first wife's death in 1875 he married secondly Georgina Jane Connellan, daughter of Peter Connellan, in 1878. They had three sons and one daughter. Lord Gormanston died in October 1907, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston.
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| Preceded by Charles Monroe Eldridge |
Governor of the Leeward Islands 1885–1887 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Mitchell, acting |
| Preceded by Charles Bruce |
Governor of British Guiana 1887–1893 |
Succeeded by Charles Bruce |
| Preceded by Sir Robert Hamilton |
Governor of Tasmania 1893–1900 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Havelock |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Edward Anthony John Preston |
Viscount Gormanston | Succeeded by Jenico Edward Joseph Preston |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition
