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	[[File:Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh plaque, St Mary's Church, Long Ditton.jpg\|right\|thumb\|285px\|Memorial plaque to Cavenagh in St Mary's Church, [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]]]]		[[File:Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh plaque, St Mary's Church, Long Ditton.jpg\|right\|thumb\|285px\|Memorial plaque to Cavenagh in St Mary's Church, [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]]]]
	[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Orfeur Cavenagh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI}} (8 October 1820 – 3 July 1891) was the last India-appointed [[Governor of the Straits Settlements]], who governed the [[Straits Settlements\|Settlements]] from 1859 to 1867.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore\|isbn=9780810873872\|last=Corfield\|first=Justin\|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.\|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf\|access-date=9 March 2019\|url-access=registration\|date=2 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Orfeur Cavenagh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI}} (8 October 1820 – 3 July 1891) was the last India-appointed [[Governor of the Straits Settlements]], who governed the [[Straits Settlements\|Settlements]] from 1859 to 1867.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore\|isbn=9780810873872\|last=Corfield\|first=Justin\|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.\|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf\|access-date=9 March 2019\|url-access=registration\|date=2 December 2010}}</ref>

	==Family background==		==Family background==
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	In 1850 he travelled to Britain and France in political charge of the [[Diplomatic missions of Nepal\|Nepal Embassy]] under [[Jung Bahadur Rana]].<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 473.</ref> In 1854 he was appointed Town and Fort Major of [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]]. In this role he was responsible to the [[Governor-General of India\|Governor-General]], [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|the Marquess of Dalhousie]] followed by [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning\|Lord Canning]], for the safety of [[Fort William, India\|Fort William]] during the time of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Malleson, CSI\|first=Colonel G. B.\|author-link=George Bruce Malleson\|title=The Indian Mutiny of 1857\|year=1891\|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/\|access-date=2007-10-18 \|publisher=Seely and Co Ltd (republished on the web by the HyperWar Foundation) \| location = London \| pages = 34, 36 \|chapter=Chapter III: The first mutterings of the storm \|chapter-url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/Sepoy-3.html \|quote=Major Orfeur Cavenagh, an officer of great shrewdness and perspicacity, who filled the important office of Town-Major of Fort William in Calcutta, visited, October and November 1856, the districts just beyond Agra. He had been struck everywhere by the altered demeanour of the sipáhís, and loyal natives had reported to him the great change which had taken place in the feelings of the natives generally towards the English. Disaffection, he was assured, was now the rule in all classes. To the clear vision of this able officer it was evident that, unless precautions were taken, some great disaster would ensue." ... "one of the sergeants attached to Fort William reported to Cavenagh a remarkable conversation, between two sipáhís, which he had overheard ... " ... "Cavenagh, who, as Town-Major, was responsible to the Governor-General for the safety of Fort William, took at once measures to baffle the designs of which he had been informed, and then drove straight to Lord Canning to report the circumstance to him. Lord Canning listened to Cavenagh with the deepest interest, and sanctioned the measures he proposed. These were to transfer from Dam-Dam, where one wing of the regiment which was responsible for the safety of the Presidency, the 53rd Foot, was located, one company to Fort William. For the moment the outbreak was deferred.}}</ref>		In 1850 he travelled to Britain and France in political charge of the [[Diplomatic missions of Nepal\|Nepal Embassy]] under [[Jung Bahadur Rana]].<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 473.</ref> In 1854 he was appointed Town and Fort Major of [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]]. In this role he was responsible to the [[Governor-General of India\|Governor-General]], [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|the Marquess of Dalhousie]] followed by [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning\|Lord Canning]], for the safety of [[Fort William, India\|Fort William]] during the time of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Malleson, CSI\|first=Colonel G. B.\|author-link=George Bruce Malleson\|title=The Indian Mutiny of 1857\|year=1891\|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/\|access-date=2007-10-18 \|publisher=Seely and Co Ltd (republished on the web by the HyperWar Foundation) \| location = London \| pages = 34, 36 \|chapter=Chapter III: The first mutterings of the storm \|chapter-url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/Sepoy-3.html \|quote=Major Orfeur Cavenagh, an officer of great shrewdness and perspicacity, who filled the important office of Town-Major of Fort William in Calcutta, visited, October and November 1856, the districts just beyond Agra. He had been struck everywhere by the altered demeanour of the sipáhís, and loyal natives had reported to him the great change which had taken place in the feelings of the natives generally towards the English. Disaffection, he was assured, was now the rule in all classes. To the clear vision of this able officer it was evident that, unless precautions were taken, some great disaster would ensue." ... "one of the sergeants attached to Fort William reported to Cavenagh a remarkable conversation, between two sipáhís, which he had overheard ... " ... "Cavenagh, who, as Town-Major, was responsible to the Governor-General for the safety of Fort William, took at once measures to baffle the designs of which he had been informed, and then drove straight to Lord Canning to report the circumstance to him. Lord Canning listened to Cavenagh with the deepest interest, and sanctioned the measures he proposed. These were to transfer from Dam-Dam, where one wing of the regiment which was responsible for the safety of the Presidency, the 53rd Foot, was located, one company to Fort William. For the moment the outbreak was deferred.}}</ref>

	It was in recognition of his services during the Rebellion that Canning offered him the post of Governor of the Straits Settlements: he took up the post on 8 August 1859.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 473–4.</ref> Under a [[royal charter]] of 1826, [[Singapore]], [[Malacca]], [[Penang]] and [[Manjung\|Dinding]] had been combined to form the Straits Settlements. The Governor of the Settlements and his council were answerable to the [[Governor-General of India]] in Calcutta. The Governor had little formal power, but was able to influence the Calcutta authorities who relied largely on the recommendations of these representatives on legislation and policy in each settlement. Control passed from Bengal to the [[Colonial Office]] in London on 1 April 1867 and the Settlements became a [[Crown colony]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Cornelius\|first=Vernon\|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html\|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore\|work=Singapore infopedia\|publisher=National Library Board Singapore\|date=3 October 2017\|access-date=13 June ~~2022~~}}</ref> Cavenagh was the last Governor who reported to the Governor-General in Calcutta. His successor, Sir [[Harry Ord]], reported to the Colonial Office in London.		It was in recognition of his services during the Rebellion that Canning offered him the post of Governor of the Straits Settlements: he took up the post on 8 August 1859.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 473–4.</ref> Under a [[royal charter]] of 1826, [[Singapore]], [[Malacca]], [[Penang]] and [[Manjung\|Dinding]] had been combined to form the Straits Settlements. The Governor of the Settlements and his council were answerable to the [[Governor-General of India]] in Calcutta. The Governor had little formal power, but was able to influence the Calcutta authorities who relied largely on the recommendations of these representatives on legislation and policy in each settlement. Control passed from Bengal to the [[Colonial Office]] in London on 1 April 1867 and the Settlements became a [[Crown colony]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Cornelius\|first=Vernon\|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html\|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore\|work=Singapore infopedia\|publisher=National Library Board Singapore\|date=3 October 2017\|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref> Cavenagh was the last Governor who reported to the Governor-General in Calcutta. His successor, Sir [[Harry Ord]], reported to the Colonial Office in London.

	After his term as Straits Settlements governor ended on 16 March 1867,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore\|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html\|publisher=Singapore National Library Board\|access-date=14 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> Cavenagh continued as a [[general officer]] in the [[Bengal Army\|Bengal Staff Corps]], with promotion to lieutenant general in September 1874<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24146\|page=5155\|date=30 October 1874}}</ref> and to [[General (United Kingdom)\|general]] in August 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24508\|page=5457\|date=2 October 1877}}</ref>		After his term as Straits Settlements governor ended on 16 March 1867,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore\|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html\|publisher=Singapore National Library Board\|access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> Cavenagh continued as a [[general officer]] in the [[Bengal Army\|Bengal Staff Corps]], with promotion to lieutenant general in September 1874<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24146\|page=5155\|date=30 October 1874}}</ref> and to [[General (United Kingdom)\|general]] in August 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24508\|page=5457\|date=2 October 1877}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Cavenagh married Elizabeth Marshall Moriarty on 7 September 1842 at [[Danapur\|Dinapore]], India. They had two sons.		Cavenagh married Elizabeth Marshall Moriarty on 7 September 1842 at [[Danapur\|Dinapore]], India. They had two sons.

	In retirement he lived in [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26195\|page=4585\|date=25 August 1891}}</ref> and in June 1884 he was made honorary colonel of the 5th Surrey [[Volunteer Force\|Volunteer Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=25362\|page=2485\|date=6 June 1884}}</ref> He died on 3 July 1891 and was buried in the St Mary's churchyard in Long Ditton.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Photo of Cavenagh's grave\|work=Wikimedia Commons\|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Orfeur_Cavenagh_grave,_St_Mary%27s_Churchyard,_Long_Ditton.jpg\|access-date=13 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> There is also a memorial plaque inside the church.		In retirement he lived in [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]],<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26195\|page=4585\|date=25 August 1891}}</ref> and in June 1884 he was made honorary colonel of the 5th Surrey [[Volunteer Force\|Volunteer Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=25362\|page=2485\|date=6 June 1884}}</ref> He died on 3 July 1891 and was buried in the St Mary's churchyard in Long Ditton.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Photo of Cavenagh's grave\|work=Wikimedia Commons\|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Orfeur_Cavenagh_grave,_St_Mary%27s_Churchyard,_Long_Ditton.jpg\|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> There is also a memorial plaque inside the church.

	==Honours==		==Honours==

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{{short description|Colonial Administrator}}
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|image= Sir Orfeur Cavenagh.jpg
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[[File:Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh plaque, St Mary's Church, Long Ditton.jpg|right|thumb|285px|Memorial plaque to Cavenagh in St Mary's Church, [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]]]]
[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Orfeur Cavenagh''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (8 October 1820 – 3 July 1891) was the last India-appointed [[Governor of the Straits Settlements]], who governed the [[Straits Settlements|Settlements]] from 1859 to 1867.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore|isbn=9780810873872|last=Corfield|first=Justin|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000corf|access-date=9 March 2019|url-access=registration|date=2 December 2022}}</ref>

==Family background==
Cavenagh was the third son of James Gordon Cavenagh and Ann née Coates.

==Career==
Cavenagh trained at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]], the military academy of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]. He passed his examination in June 1837, and early in 1838 joined the [[32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot|32nd Regiment Native Infantry]]. In 1840 he passed the prescribed examination at [[Fort William College]], [[Calcutta]]. He was appointed interpreter and quartermaster to the 41st Regiment Native Infantry. In 1840–41 he was attached to the force employed in watching the [[Nepal]] frontier.<ref name="Cavenagh'sOwnResumé">Letter of January 20, 1868 to R Bain, Adjutant General Bengal Staff Corps in {{cite web |last=Cavenagh |first=Orfeur |url= https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/book/cavenagh.php|title=Private letter book of Orfeur Cavenagh, no. 11, 1865-68 |work=Cavenagh letter books, 1859-68 |publisher=University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>

He was adjutant of the 4th Irregular Cavalry ([[3rd Skinner's Horse|Skinner's Horse]]), and in December 1843 was badly wounded in the [[Gwalior Campaign#The Battle of Maharajpore|Battle of Maharajpore]]. His leg was severed just above the ankle by a round shot and his horse was killed under him. He was wounded again in January 1846 during the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], when he was struck in the left arm by a ricochetting round shot. After this he was appointed as Superintendent of the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore Princes]] and of the [[Emir|ex-Ameers]] of [[Sindh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ismaili.net/histoire/history08/history810.html |title=The Aga Khan I in Calcutta |work=Hasan Ali Shah Aga Khan I (1233–1298/1817–1881) |publisher=The Heritage Web Site ([[Ismaili]] electronic library and database) |access-date=2007-10-18 |quote=At length, however, through the intervention of the British envoy, it was agreed that the [[Aga Khan I|Aga Khan]] should be allowed to remain in India provided he stayed at Calcutta from where he could not be a menace to the Iranian government as from Sind. The government of India wrote to Superintendent of Mysore Princes and ex-Amirs of Sind [Cavenagh], a letter which reads:- "It having been determined upon political considerations that the Persian nobleman Aga Khan Mahallati, shall be required to reside for the present in Bengal. I am directed to inform you that the President in Council considers that it will be expedient to fix the Aga's residence in the vicinity of Calcutta and to place him under your care. ..." ... Sir Orfeur Cavenagh (1821–1891) had arranged for a house at Dumdum (where the city's airport is now) in Calcutta under the care of Bengal Presidency.}}</ref>

In 1850 he travelled to Britain and France in political charge of the [[Diplomatic missions of Nepal|Nepal Embassy]] under [[Jung Bahadur Rana]].<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 473.</ref> In 1854 he was appointed Town and Fort Major of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. In this role he was responsible to the [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General]], [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|the Marquess of Dalhousie]] followed by [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Lord Canning]], for the safety of [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] during the time of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Malleson, CSI|first=Colonel G. B.|author-link=George Bruce Malleson|title=The Indian Mutiny of 1857|year=1891|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/|access-date=2007-10-18 |publisher=Seely and Co Ltd (republished on the web by the HyperWar Foundation) | location = London | pages = 34, 36 |chapter=Chapter III: The first mutterings of the storm |chapter-url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/WH/XIX/India-1857/Sepoy-3.html |quote=Major Orfeur Cavenagh, an officer of great shrewdness and perspicacity, who filled the important office of Town-Major of Fort William in Calcutta, visited, October and November 1856, the districts just beyond Agra. He had been struck everywhere by the altered demeanour of the sipáhís, and loyal natives had reported to him the great change which had taken place in the feelings of the natives generally towards the English. Disaffection, he was assured, was now the rule in all classes. To the clear vision of this able officer it was evident that, unless precautions were taken, some great disaster would ensue." ... "one of the sergeants attached to Fort William reported to Cavenagh a remarkable conversation, between two sipáhís, which he had overheard ... " ... "Cavenagh, who, as Town-Major, was responsible to the Governor-General for the safety of Fort William, took at once measures to baffle the designs of which he had been informed, and then drove straight to Lord Canning to report the circumstance to him. Lord Canning listened to Cavenagh with the deepest interest, and sanctioned the measures he proposed. These were to transfer from Dam-Dam, where one wing of the regiment which was responsible for the safety of the Presidency, the 53rd Foot, was located, one company to Fort William. For the moment the outbreak was deferred.}}</ref>

It was in recognition of his services during the Rebellion that Canning offered him the post of Governor of the Straits Settlements: he took up the post on 8 August 1859.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 473–4.</ref> Under a [[royal charter]] of 1826, [[Singapore]], [[Malacca]], [[Penang]] and [[Manjung|Dinding]] had been combined to form the Straits Settlements. The Governor of the Settlements and his council were answerable to the [[Governor-General of India]] in Calcutta. The Governor had little formal power, but was able to influence the Calcutta authorities who relied largely on the recommendations of these representatives on legislation and policy in each settlement. Control passed from Bengal to the [[Colonial Office]] in London on 1 April 1867 and the Settlements became a [[Crown colony]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cornelius|first=Vernon|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore|work=Singapore infopedia|publisher=National Library Board Singapore|date=3 October 2017|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> Cavenagh was the last Governor who reported to the Governor-General in Calcutta. His successor, Sir [[Harry Ord]], reported to the Colonial Office in London.

After his term as Straits Settlements governor ended on 16 March 1867,<ref>{{cite web|title=Past and present leaders of Singapore|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_139_2005-01-19.html|publisher=Singapore National Library Board|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Cavenagh continued as a [[general officer]] in the [[Bengal Army|Bengal Staff Corps]], with promotion to lieutenant general in September 1874<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24146|page=5155|date=30 October 1874}}</ref> and to [[General (United Kingdom)|general]] in August 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24508|page=5457|date=2 October 1877}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Cavenagh married Elizabeth Marshall Moriarty on 7 September 1842 at [[Danapur|Dinapore]], India. They had two sons.

In retirement he lived in [[Long Ditton]], [[Surrey]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26195|page=4585|date=25 August 1891}}</ref> and in June 1884 he was made honorary colonel of the 5th Surrey [[Volunteer Force|Volunteer Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25362|page=2485|date=6 June 1884}}</ref> He died on 3 July 1891 and was buried in the St Mary's churchyard in Long Ditton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo of Cavenagh's grave|work=Wikimedia Commons|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Orfeur_Cavenagh_grave,_St_Mary%27s_Churchyard,_Long_Ditton.jpg|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> There is also a memorial plaque inside the church.

==Honours==
Cavenagh was appointed [[Order of the Star of India|Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India]] (KCSI) in the [[1881 Birthday Honours]] on 24 May 1881.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24976|pages=2673–2675|date=24 May 1881}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Singapore's Cavenagh Road and [[Cavenagh Bridge]] is named in honour of the governor. The [[coat of arms]] of the Cavenagh family can still be seen atop the signage at both ends of the bridge.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | last = Cavenagh-Mainwaring | first = J. G. | title = The Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford | pages = 180–181}}
* {{cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |pages=473–4 |ol=23336661M }}

== External links ==
*[http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2016690 Cavenagh family fonds] at University of Victoria, Special Collections
*[https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/spcoll/book/cavenagh.php Cavenagh family letterbooks] at University of Victoria, Special Collections

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