Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston, GCMG (1 June 1837 – 29 October 1907), was an aristocratic Anglo-Irish colonial administrator.Born at Gormanston Castle, County Meath, he was the elder son and heir of Edward Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston, by his wife Lucretia, daughter of William Charles Jerningham, brother of the 8th Baron Stafford.[1] He was commissioned into the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1855, and served as a Lieutenant during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, before retiring from the British Army in 1860.Georgina, Lady Gormanston suggested that a maternity hospital would be a fitting was of marking Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.It was agreed and a committee of women manage the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital which opened in September 1897.
The Right HonourableGovernor of the Leeward IslandsVictoriaCharles MitchellGovernor of British GuianaCharles BruceGovernor of TasmaniaRobert HamiltonArthur HavelockGormanston CastleCounty MeathIrelandDublincolonial administratorWilliam Charles Jerningham8th Baron Stafford60th King's Royal Rifle CorpsLieutenantIndian Rebellion of 1857British ArmyHigh Sheriff of County DublinChamberlainLord Lieutenant of IrelandMarquess of AbercornviscountcyHouse of Lordssubsidiary titleBaron GormanstonPeerage of the United KingdomPatrick, 1st Baron BellewQueen Victoria Maternity HospitaltitlesPeerage of IrelandKnights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAustralian Dictionary of BiographyAustralian National UniversitySir Charles MitchellSir Charles BruceSir Robert HamiltonSir Arthur HavelockViscount GormanstonGovernors of TasmaniaVan Diemen's LandCollinsSorellArthurFranklinEardley-WilmotDenisonFederationBrowneDu CaneStrahanHamiltonHavelockStricklandBarronEllison-MacartneyNewdegateAllardyceO'GradyBinneyBaron RowallanGairdnerBastyanBurburyPlimsollBennettButlerUnderwoodWarner