Lieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens KCB KCMG (24 February 1833 – 1 December 1889) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

He was born in Meerut, India, the son of Henry Whitelock Torrens and Eliza Mary Roberts and died in London.

[2] He served in the Crimean War at the major battles, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur,[3] followed by service in India during the Indian Mutiny in 1857.

In 1862, he published a book, Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir, about his summer holiday the previous year.

[4] He was promoted to Major-General in 1869 and finally to Lieutenant-General while serving as General Officer Commanding Cork District in Ireland in 1884.