John Pope Hennessy

Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG
15th Governor of Mauritius
In office 1 June 1883 – 11 December 1889
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Napier Broome
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Cameron Lees
8th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 23 April 1877 – 30 March 1883
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Sir Francis Colborne Edward Donovan John Sargent
Colonial Secretary	John Gardiner Austin William Henry Marsh
Preceded by	Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
Succeeded by	Sir George Bowen
10th Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands
In office 1875–1876
Preceded by	Sanford Freeling, acting
Succeeded by	George Cumine Strahan
25th Governor of the Bahamas
In office 1873–1874
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir George Cumine Strahan
Succeeded by	Sir William Robinson
Governor of Sierra Leone
In office 1872–1873
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	John Jennings Kendall, acting
Succeeded by	Robert Keate
Governor of the Gold Coast
In office 1872–1872
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Herbert Taylor Ussher
Succeeded by	Charles Spencer Salmon, acting
6th Governor of Labuan
In office 1867–1871
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Hugh Low (acting)
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
Personal details
Born	(1834-08-08)8 August 1834 County Cork, Ireland
Died	7 October 1891(1891-10-07) (aged 57) Rostellan Castle, County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Irish Parliamentary Party
Other political affiliations	Conservative (1859–1865)
Spouse	Catherine Elizabeth Low ​ ​ (m. 1868)​
Domestic partner	A. M. Conyngham
Children	2 daughters, 3 sons
Alma mater	Queen's University of Ireland
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	軒尼詩
Simplified Chinese	轩尼诗
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hīn nèih sī Jyutping Hin1 nei4 si1

Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG (Chinese: 軒尼詩; 8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.