Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: General Sir Ralph Darling , GCH ( 1772 â `` 2 April 1858 ) was a British colonial Governor and Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831 .
Simplified: General Sir Ralph Darling ( 1772 â '' 1858 ) was an officer in the British Army and the Governor of New South Wales from 1824 â '' 1831 .