Henry Pybus Bell-Irving

Infobox Governor General | name =Brigadier the Honourable Henry Pybus Bell-Irving, OC, DSO, OBE, OBC, ED, CD
nationality =Canadian


order =23rd Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
term_start =1978
term_end =1983
predecessor =Walter Stewart Owen
successor =Robert Gordon Rogers
birth_date =birth date|1913|1|21|df=y
death_date =death date and age|2002|9|21|1913|1|21|df=y|

Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving, OC, DSO, OBE, OBC, ED, CD (January 21, 1913 - September 21, 2002) was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983.

Born in Vancouver, he was educated at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island and Loretto at Musselburgh, Scotland. He returned to attend the University of British Columbia, but dropped out due to the war. During World War II, Bell-Irving was a soldier in the contingent of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and commanded a company of the battalion in Sicily and Italy and northwest Europe before becoming the commander of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade.

Next he returned to Vancouver and he joined his family real estate company, Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies, which later merged with A.E. LePage in 1972. In 1974 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

In 1978, Governor General Jules Léger, on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, appointed him Lieutenant-Governor of BC.

Bell-Irving met his wife, Nancy, while attending UBC and was married in April 1937.

Honours

* 1984 - he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
* 1985 - he received the Order of British Columbia.
* 1986 - he was appointed Freeman of the City of Vancouver

External links

* [http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/office/HenryBell-Irving.htm Biography from the website of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]

References

* "In the Service of the Crown: The story of Budge and Nancy Bell-Irving" by Raymond Eagle