Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright
Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, KCMG (* 1817 in London, † December 23, 1897 in Hillside, Barre, Ontario, Canada). He served as governor and represented Queen Victoria in several British colonies.
Life
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, son of Lawrence and Jane Maria Kortright was baptized on 8 January 1818 in St. Mary's Church on Marylebone Road in London.
From 1854 to 1857 he was president of the British Virgin Islands, then he was lieutenant governor of Grenada. Between 1857 and 1864 he was lieutenant governor of Grenada followed up in 1872 by Lieutenant Governor of Tobago. From 1873 to 1875 was governor of Gambia and from 1876 to 1877 governor of Sierra Leone. His last service as governor he served in British Guiana during the period from April 3, 1877 to December 13, 1881.
1882 Kortright was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.