William Henry Gregory

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The Right Honourable 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
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Henry Turner Irving (Acting governor)
Succeeded by	James Robert Longden
Personal details
Born	(1816-07-01)1 July 1816 Dublin Castle
Died	6 March 1892(1892-03-06) (aged 75) London, England
Resting place	Gregory family vault, Kiltartan, County Galway
Nationality	British
Spouses	Elizabeth Temple Bowdoin ​ ​ (m. 1872; died 1873)​ Augusta Persse ​ (m. 1880)​
Children	William Robert Gregory
Alma mater	Harrow School Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Writer, 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.