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Henry Galway
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, KCMG, DSO (25 September 1859 – 17 June 1949) was a British Army officer and served as the Governor of South Australia from 18 April 1914 to 30 April 1920. His name was Henry Lionel Gallwey until 1911.
Henry Lionel Gallwey was born on 25 September 1859 at Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, to Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Lionel Gallwey and his second wife, Alicia Dorinda Lefanu, née MacDougall. He was educated at Cheltenham College.
After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Gallwey was commissioned in 1878. He served as an aide-de-camp to the governors of Bermuda, was promoted to captain in 1887.
Gallwey was appointed deputy commissioner and vice-consul in the newly established Oil Rivers Protectorate (later the Niger Coast Protectorate) in 1891. In March 1892, he convinced the Oba of Benin, Ovonramwen, into signing a 'treaty of friendship' that would make the Kingdom of Benin a British colony, however it is unclear as to whether Ovonramwen understood the treaty as doing so.[citation needed] Instead, the oba issued an edict barring all British officials and traders from entering Benin territories. The 'Gallwey Treaty', became the legal basis for the Benin Expedition of 1897, which overthrew the Kingdom of Benin. Captain Gallwey commanded one of the three columns of the expedition.
Gallwey was often mentioned in despatches during this time, and was rewarded with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO; 1896), appointment as Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG; 1899) and promotion to major (1897).
Gallwey was attached as a political officer to the staff of the British Field Force during the Aro-Anglo war from November 1901 until March 1902 and was mentioned in despatches by the High Commissioner to Southern Nigeria.
Given the rank of lieutenant colonel when he was placed on half-pay in 1901, Gallwey retired from the army in December 1902.
Gallwey was in November 1902 appointed as governor and commander-in-chief of the island of Saint Helena, where he revived capital punishment. Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1910, he was transferred to be governor of the Gambia in 1911.
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Henry Galway
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, KCMG, DSO (25 September 1859 – 17 June 1949) was a British Army officer and served as the Governor of South Australia from 18 April 1914 to 30 April 1920. His name was Henry Lionel Gallwey until 1911.
Henry Lionel Gallwey was born on 25 September 1859 at Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, to Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Lionel Gallwey and his second wife, Alicia Dorinda Lefanu, née MacDougall. He was educated at Cheltenham College.
After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Gallwey was commissioned in 1878. He served as an aide-de-camp to the governors of Bermuda, was promoted to captain in 1887.
Gallwey was appointed deputy commissioner and vice-consul in the newly established Oil Rivers Protectorate (later the Niger Coast Protectorate) in 1891. In March 1892, he convinced the Oba of Benin, Ovonramwen, into signing a 'treaty of friendship' that would make the Kingdom of Benin a British colony, however it is unclear as to whether Ovonramwen understood the treaty as doing so.[citation needed] Instead, the oba issued an edict barring all British officials and traders from entering Benin territories. The 'Gallwey Treaty', became the legal basis for the Benin Expedition of 1897, which overthrew the Kingdom of Benin. Captain Gallwey commanded one of the three columns of the expedition.
Gallwey was often mentioned in despatches during this time, and was rewarded with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO; 1896), appointment as Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG; 1899) and promotion to major (1897).
Gallwey was attached as a political officer to the staff of the British Field Force during the Aro-Anglo war from November 1901 until March 1902 and was mentioned in despatches by the High Commissioner to Southern Nigeria.
Given the rank of lieutenant colonel when he was placed on half-pay in 1901, Gallwey retired from the army in December 1902.
Gallwey was in November 1902 appointed as governor and commander-in-chief of the island of Saint Helena, where he revived capital punishment. Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1910, he was transferred to be governor of the Gambia in 1911.