Octavius Temple (1784–1834), was Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone and Superintendent General of the Liberated Africans Department (1833), British soldier and colonial official.
The couple had been introduced by Temple's godfather Sir Christopher Hawkins (Bart) MP.
In 1830 Temple and purchased a farm - Axon, near Culmstock (now part of Tiverton), Devon whilst in England between postings.
His battalion, the 2nd, formed part of the force sent from Genoa to hold Marseilles during the Waterloo campaign.
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 He was buried in Circular Road Cemetery.