Henry Wray

Lieutenant-General Henry Wray CMG (1 January 1826 – 6 April 1900) was a Royal Engineers officer who arrived in Fremantle on 12 December 1851 and was responsible for carrying out the construction plans for Fremantle Prison for Edmund Henderson.

[1] After arrival he was appointed as a magistrate to the colony, and given responsibility for the construction of the Convict Establishment (now Fremantle Prison), based upon designs by Edmund Henderson.

[1][2] Wray personally designed many buildings, bridges and roads in the Perth area, and in April 1854 was promoted to rank of Second Captain.

[1] Around this time The Royal Engineers left to serve in the Crimean War, but Wray remained and was promoted to First Captain.

[1] After serving in the position for two years, he was described in a letter from the governor of Western Australia Arthur Edward Kennedy as "a most exemplary and industrious officer who has for many months done the work of several".