Editing Henry Pybus Bell-Irving

{{Short description|Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1913–2002)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder 
| honorific-prefix = [[Brigadier]] [[The Honourable]]
| name =Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
| honorific-suffix = [[Officer of the Order of Canada|OC]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36180|page=4221|date=21 September 1943|supp=y}}</ref> [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]], [[Canadian Efficiency Decoration|ED]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
| nationality   = Canadian
| image         = Bell-Irving.jpg
| order         = 23rd [[Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia]]
| term_start    = May 18, 1978
| term_end      = July 15, 1983
| predecessor   = [[Walter Stewart Owen]]
| successor     = [[Robert Gordon Rogers]]
| monarch       = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor_general = [[Jules Léger]]<br>[[Edward Schreyer]]
| premier       = [[Bill Bennett]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1913|1|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| death_date    = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|2002|9|21|1913|1|21|mf=y}} }}
|}}
'''Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|DSO|OBE|OBC|ED|CD}} (January 21, 1913 &ndash; September 21, 2002) was the [[List of lieutenant governors of British Columbia#Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia, 1871-present|23rd]] [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] from 1978 to 1983.

Born in [[Vancouver]], he was educated at [[Shawnigan Lake School]] on [[Vancouver Island]] and Loretto at [[Musselburgh]], [[Scotland]]. He returned to attend the [[University of British Columbia]], but withdrew because of the war. During [[World War II]], Bell-Irving served with [[The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada]] and commanded a company of the battalion in [[Sicily]] and [[Italy]] and northwest [[Europe]] before becoming the commander of the [[10th Canadian Infantry Brigade]].

Next he returned to Vancouver and he joined his family real estate company, Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies, which later merged with [[A.E. LePage]] in 1972. In 1974 he was elected Chairman of the [[Vancouver Board of Trade]].

In 1978, [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Jules Léger]], on the advice of Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]], appointed him Lieutenant-Governor of BC.

Bell-Irving met his wife, Nancy, while attending UBC and was married in April 1937.

==Honours==
* 1984 - he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
* 1985 - he received the Order of British Columbia.
* 1986 - he was appointed Freeman of the City of Vancouver

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061118001904/http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/office/HenryBell-Irving.htm Biography from the website of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]

==References==
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*  ''In the Service of the Crown: The story of Budge and Nancy Bell-Irving'' by [[Raymond Eagle]]

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