Newton, Sir Edward, 1832-1897 (Knight, colonial administrator and zoologist)
Biography
Sir Edward Newton (1832-97), colonial administrator and ornithologist, was Alfred Newton's younger brother. He was Colonial Secretary in Mauritius, 1859-77, where he collected remains of the extinct dodo and solitaire, and was later Colonial Secretary and Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Edward Newton: Letter from Mauritius, 1 Apr. 1863
Correspondent has little chance of magistracy in Mauritius; loss of 11 ships at Bourbon; death of Governor, funeral was in a downpour
Sir Edward Newton: papers, 1854-1895
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