Edward Rushworth (diplomat)

Sir Edward Everard Rushworth GCB was an eminent British Diplomat in the 19th century.[1]

He was born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight on 23 August 1818 and educated at St John’s College, Oxford, graduating BCL in 1840 [2] and DCL in 1844.[3]

He married Amelia Adelaide de les Derniers at St Paul’s Cathedral, Halifax, NS on 13 January 1855.[4] Later that Year he replaced Hercules Robinson as the Administrator of Montserrat. From 1860[5] until 1869 he was Government Secretary to the Court of Polity in British New Guinea when he became Colonial Secretary of Jamaica.[6] For a few days in January 1877 he was its acting Governor and died there on 10 August that year [7] from Yellow Fever.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Memorial in Yarmouth Parish Church
  2. ↑ The Standard (London, England), Friday, 14 February 1840; Issue 4884. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  3. ↑ The Times, Saturday, 27 April 1844; pg. 6; Issue 18595; col F University Intelligence
  4. ↑ The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, 8 February 1855; pg. 8; Issue 25305. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  5. ↑ The Standard (London, England), Saturday, 15 September 1860; pg. 5; Issue 11262.
  6. ↑ The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 2 June 1869; pg. 5; Issue 29791 Jamaica
  7. ↑ The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, 11 August 1877; Issue 32799
  8. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, 19 September 1877; pg. 11; Issue 29051; col A Yellow Fever In Jamaica


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