William Henry Gregory

Sir William Henry Gregory
PC (Ire) KCMG
"An art critic"
Gregory as caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, December 1871
14th Governor of British Ceylon
In office
4 March 1872 – 4 September 1877
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byHenry Turner Irving
(Acting governor)
Succeeded byJames Robert Longden
Personal details
Born(1816-07-01)1 July 1816
Dublin Castle
Died6 March 1892(1892-03-06) (aged 75)
London, England
Resting placeGregory family vault, Kiltartan, County Galway
NationalityBritish
Spouses
Elizabeth Temple Bowdoin
(m. 1872; died 1873)
(m. 1880)
ChildrenWilliam Robert Gregory
Alma materHarrow School
Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationWriter, politician

Sir William Henry Gregory PC (Ire) KCMG (13 July 1816[1] – 6 March 1892) was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician, who is now less remembered than his wife Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder and Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, literary hostess and folklorist.

  1. ^ Brian Jenkins, Sir William Gregory of Coole. The Biography of an Anglo-Irishman, Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe 1986, p. 22.