Colonial Career
Autumn 1819 in the Ionian Islands as sub-inspector of militia.
1820 resident in Santa Maura, Ionian Islands, for the Lord High Commissioner.
1828 he was transferred to Corfu as Administrator of the ecclesiastical and municipal revenues.
November 1833 he accepted the Governorship of Sierra Leone.
On his death on 13 August 1834, a dispatch was sent from the Secretary of State to the officer administering the government of Sierra Leone, which read
- "His Majesty (William IV) has received with much regret the intelligence of Lieutenant-Governor Temple's death, and has been pleased to approve of the measures which were taken to honour the memory of that meritorious officer".
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Temple, Octavius |
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| Short description | Governor of Sierra Leone |
| Date of birth | 1784 |
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| Date of death | 1834 |
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