Sir Edward Everard Rushworth GCB (23 August 1818 – 10 August 1877) was a British colonial administrator in the 19th century.[1]

He was born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight in 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 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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]

Memorial to Edward Rushworth in St James' Church, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

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


Categories