Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright

Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1817(1817-12-26) London, England
Died	December 23, 1897(1897-12-23) (aged 79)

Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, KCMG (1817–1897) was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana.

Cornelius was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. He was the son of Lawrence and Jane Maria Kortright. He died on the 23rd of December 1897 in Ontario, Canada.^[1]

• From 1854 to 1857, he was the President of the British Virgin Islands.
• From 1857 to 1864, he was Lieutenant Governor of Grenada.
• From 1864 to 1872, he was Lieutenant Governor of Tobago.
• From 1875 to 1877, he was the Governor of Sierra Leone.^[2]
• From 3 April 1877 to 13 December 1881, he was Governor of British Guiana^[3]
• He was Knighted in 1882.

Political Summary

Government offices
Preceded by John Cornell Chads	President of the British Virgin Islands 1854–1857	Succeeded by Thomas Price
Preceded by Robert William Keate	Lieutenant Governor of Grenada 1857–1864	Succeeded by Robert Miller Mundy
Preceded by James Vickery Drysdale	Lieutenant Governor of Tobago 1864–1872	Succeeded by Herbert Taylor Ussher
Preceded by Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan	Administrator of The Gambia 1873–1875	Succeeded by Sir Samuel Rowe
Preceded by Sir Samual Rowe	Governor of Sierra Leone 1876–1877	Succeeded by Horatio James Huggins
Preceded by William A. G. Young	Governor of British Guiana 1877–1881	Succeeded by William A. G. Young

References

1. ^ RootsWeb: COURTRIGHT-L [Court] Fw: West Indies
2. ^ Sierra Leone
3. ^ Guyana

Persondata
Name	Kortright, Cornelius
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	26 December 1817
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	23 December 1897
Place of death