Editing Harry Ord (section)

==Education and career==
Ord was the son of Henry Gough Ord and grandson of [[Craven Ord]] (1756–1832) of Greenstead Hall, [[Essex]], a prominent antiquarian. He was educated at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]] at [[Woolwich]], (1835–1837). He served in the [[Royal Engineers]], (1837–1856), principally in the [[West Indies]], West Africa, and the [[Battle of Bomarsund|Anglo-French expedition to the Baltic]] (1854), during the [[Crimean War]].

Ord later held many important colonial posts, including:
* [[Colonial Service#Ranks|Commissioner]] of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] (1855–1856)
* [[Military attaché|Commissioner]] at the Courts of [[Paris]] and [[The Hague]] (1856–1857)
* [[Governor of Dominica]] (1857–1861)
* [[Governor of Bermuda]] (1861–1864)
* Special Commissioner to [[British West Africa|West Africa]] (1864–1867)
* [[Governor of the Straits Settlements]] (1867–1873)
* [[Governor of Western Australia]] (1877–1880)