Edward Merewether
Sir Edward Marsh Merewether KCMG KCVO (9 September 1858 – 28 December 1938) was a British colonial administrator.
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London
Biography
He was born on 9 September 1858. He married Honoria Clementina Mary Braddell(d. 9 January 1938). Merewether was Governor of Sierra Leone from 1910 to 1916, and Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1916 to 1921. He died on 28 December 1938.
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Leslie Probyn |
Governor of Sierra Leone 1910–1916 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard James Wilkinson |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell |
Governor of the Leeward Islands 1916–1921 |
Succeeded by Sir Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |