Edward Newton

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Edward Newton.

Sir Edward Newton KCMG (November 1832 – 25 April 1897) was a British colonial administrator and ornithologist.

He was born at Elveden Hall, Suffolk the sixth and youngest son of William Newton, MP. He was the brother of ornithologist Alfred Newton. He graduated from Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1857 and was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union.^[1]

Newton was the Colonial Secretary for Mauritius from 1859 to 1877. From there he sent his brother a number of specimens, including the Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, both already extinct. Edward was later Colonial Secretary and Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica.^[2] He married Mary Louisa Cranstoun, daughter of W.W.R. Kerr in 1869. She died in following year.^[1]

He is commemorated in the binomial of the Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Anonymous (1908). "Original members: Sir Edward Newton". Ibis. 9th Series. 2 Jubilee Supplement: 117–120.
↑ Wollaston, A F R (1921). Life of Alfred Newton: late Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Cambridge University 1866-1907. London: Murray. p. 2.

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Name	Newton, Edward
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Short description	British colonial administrator and ornithologist
Date of birth	1832
Place of birth	Elveden, Suffolk
Date of death	25 April 1897
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