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Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable
Sir Henry Pottinger
Bt GCB
Portrait by Francis Grant, 1845
1st Governor of Hong Kong
In office
26 June 1843 – 8 May 1844
MonarchVictoria
LieutenantSir George D'Aguilar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySir John Davis
Governor of the Cape Colony
In office
27 January 1847 – 1 December 1847
Preceded bySir Peregrine Maitland
Succeeded bySir Harry Smith
Governor of Madras
In office
7 April 1848 – 24 April 1854
Preceded byThe Marquess of Tweeddale
Succeeded byThe Lord Harris
Personal details
Born(1789-10-03)3 October 1789
Mount Pottinger, Ballymacarrett, Ireland
Died18 March 1856(1856-03-18) (aged 66)
Malta, British Empire
Resting placeMsida Bastion Historic Garden, Malta
Spouse
Susanna Cooke
(m. 1820)
RelationsEldred Pottinger (nephew)
Children4
SignatureHenry Pottinger
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch/serviceBombay Army
Years of service1804–1856
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsThird Anglo-Maratha War
First Opium War

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC (Chinese: 砵甸乍, 璞鼎查; pinyin: Bōdiānzhà; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator from Ulster who became the first Governor of Hong Kong.

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