General Sir Ralph Darling, GCH was a British Army officer who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831. He is popularly described as a tyrant, accused of torturing prisoners and banning theatrical entertainment. Wikipedia
Born: 1772, England, United Kingdom
Died: April 2, 1858 (age 86 years), Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Children: Cornelia Maria Darling
Nephew: Charles Henry Darling
Grandchild: Francis Colville Ford, 4th Bt.
Great grandchildren: Helena Blanche Colville Ford, Francis Walter Barton Ford, Cornelia Caroline Ford, and more
Books: Description of the Manner of Punishment, with the Instruments of Torture, Inflicted on the Persons of J. Sudds and P. Thompson, Soldiers in the 57th Regiment, by Order of Governor Darling, Etc, The Case of Lieut.-General Ralph Darling; as Connected with the Libel of Mr. Robert Robison. And with Reference to the Motion of which Notice Has Been Given in the House of Commons, by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Etc, A Poetical Version of the Four Gospels, and more