Person Barkly; Sir; Henry (1815 - 1898); colonial governor Barkly Henry Sir colonial governor Barclay 1815 - 1898 British Male Highbury, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe 24 February 1815 18150224 1 Bina Gardens, South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe 20 October 1898 18981020 Burial: Brompton Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

50 Eaton Place, London, England 1 Bina Gardens, South Kensington, London

Politician; colonial governor; plantation and slave owner Natural history Botany Education: Bruce Castle School, Tottenham, London Career: Worked for his father's company Davidson & Barkly, a West India trading company (c 1832); family owned an estate in British Guiana [Guyana] which Barkly inherited (1836); went to Demerara [now part of Guyana]; travelled through British and Dutch Guiana; returned to England (1845); Conservative (Peelite) MP for Leominster (1845-1848); supporter of free trade; Governor of British Guiana (1849-1853); Governor of Jamaica (1853-1856); Governor of Victoria, Australia (1856-1863); Governor of Mauritius (1863-1870); Governor of Cape Colony and High Commisioner of South Africa (1871-1877); worked with the first elected Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, John Molteno; supported the local resistance against Carnarvon's attempt to force the region into a British ruled federation; Royal Commission on Colonial Defence (1879); made scientific collections and sent botanical specimens from places he visited; in retirement devoted himself to scientific pursuits and to committee work for the London Library Memberships: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (1870) Honours: KCB 1853; GCMG 1874 Parents: Aeneas Barkly and Susannah Louisa Married: 1) Elizabeth Helen Timmins; 2) Anne Maria Pratt Barkly's colonial career came to an end after his disobeyance of the Earl of Carnarvon's instructions on a South African union although he was subsequently nominated for the Royal Commission on Colonial Defence. Despite his scientific interests showcased especially in retirement, Barkly was fairly inactive in the Royal Society's work. Barkly's father Aeneas was a West India merchant and a plantation and slave owner, who was awarded compensation for the enslaved people he'd held at various estates across the Caribbean when the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was enacted. In 1836, Henry Barkly himself was awarded for his claims of over £3,000 for 142 enslaved people on the Mount Parnassus Estate on Grenada and of nearly £2,000 for 148 enslaved people on the Mount St George estate in Tobago [now Republic of Trinidad and Tobago]. Fellow 02/06/1864 59 Occasional correspondent regarding, for example, colonial observatories (1860s) Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Wikipedia; UCL LBS; ODNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 23-25 signed by J D H References: Vanity Fair 09 July 1887 Cohen, A. 2002. 'Roland Trimen and the merope harem', in Notes and Records, vol. 56, pp. 205-218 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 Home, R W. 2003. 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847', in Notes and Records, vol. 57, pp. 47-84 'Henry Barkly', on Legacies of British Slave-ownership database [http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/10612; last accessed 14/12/2022] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspl.1904.0163 24 Feb 1815 - 20 Oct 1898 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 14/12/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1327 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB yes http://viaf.org/viaf/92954339 d85478f0-3520-465d-9f46-3450d2924c7a