Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Voeux, (Sir) George William des

by Joseph Foster

Voeux, (Sir) George William des (k.c.m.g.), 5s. Henry, of Baden-Baden, Germany, cler. Balliol Coll., matric. 1 June, 1853, aged 18; called to the bar of Upper Canada 1861, stipendiary magistrate British Guiana 1863-9, administrator and colonial secretary of St. Lucia 1869-77, 1877-80, governor of the Bahamas 1880, of Fiji 1880-6, of Newfoundland 1866-7, of Hong Kong 1887, C.M.G. 30 May, 1877, K.C.M.G. 24 May, 1883. See Foster's Baronetage.