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Entry TypePerson
SurnameD'Urban
ForenamesBenjamin
Pre TitleSir
Epithetarmy officer and colonial governor
Dates1777-1849
Gender IdentityMale
Key Events1777 Born Halesworth, Suffolk
1793 Joined the 2nd Dragoon Guards
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1820 Appointed Governor of Antigua
1824 Transferred to Demerara and Essequibo
1831 Becomes first Governor of British Guiana (following merger of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice)
1833 Appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope
1849 Died Montreal, Canada
SourceOxford Dictionary of National Biography
Authorised Form of NameD'Urban; Sir; Benjamin (1777-1849); army officer and colonial governor

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