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Former Saint Helena, New Zealand and Tasmanian governor Sir Thomas Gore Browne died on 17 April 1887

#OnThisDay 17 April 1887 Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne died at the age of 79 in London, England. He served as Governor of Saint Helena from 1851 to 1854, as the 4th Governor of New Zealand from 1855 to 1861, and as the second Governor of Tasmania from 1861 to 1868. #OTD #history #sthelena #shpol

Thomas Gore Browne retired as governor of Saint Helena on 15 December 1854

#OnThisDay 15 December 1854 Thomas Robert Gore Browne retired as Governor of Saint Helena, having served since 1851. He was succeeded in 1856 by Edward Hay Drummond-Hay. Horatio Nelson Vigors thus served as Administrator in the interim. #OTD #history #shpol #shpolitics #politics