Henry Pybus Bell-Irving (1913 - 2002)

Born 21 Jan 1913 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Isobel (Symes) Bell-Irving — married 8 Apr 1937 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died 21 Sep 2002 at age 89 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Preceded by
Walter Stewart Owen

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
May 18, 1978 – July 15, 1983

Succeeded by
Robert Gordon Rogers

Henry Bell-Irving is/was a significant British Columbian.

Biography

Henry Pybus Bell-Irving was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 21, 1913. He was the son of Henry Beattie Bell-Irving and Anne Hilda Pybus.

At the time of the 1921 Canada Census, Henry Beattie, Ann Hilda, Henry Pybus, Ruth, Mary Marbean, Wendy, and Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving were listed as living at 1913 Haro Street in Vancouver, along with two servants^[1].

Henry married Nancy Symes in Vancouver on April 8, 1937.^[2][3]

Henry served as the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983. During his term in office, he travelled extensively throughout the province, visiting a number of small communities which had never before been visited by a serving Lieutenant Governor.

Henry was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1990^[4].

He passed away at the Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, British Columbia on 21 Sep 2002.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds.
2. ↑ British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938, database with images, FamilySearch (21 January 2016), Henry Pybus Bell-Irving and Nancy Isobel Symes, 08 Apr 1937; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number , Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 100,548,083.
3. ↑ Wedding Article
4. ↑ Order of British Columbia: 1990 Recipient: Henry Pybus Bell-Irving – West Vancouver
5. ↑ Death Documents: Registration of Death, Medical Certification of Death, database with images. Entry for Henry Pybus Bell-Irving, age 89; Registration Number: 2002-09-020514, North Vancouver, 21 Sep 2002. Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 7 Apr 2024).

• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: A Brief History of BC's Government House and the Vice-Regal Representative
• Order of British Columbia: 1990 Recipient: Henry Pybus Bell-Irving – West Vancouver
• Wikipedia: Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
• Wikidata: Item Q1607190, en:Wikipedia
• Blog: WestEndVancouver: Vancouver West End history.Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle (1856-1931). Accessed 22 October 2021.