Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, GCMG (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914[1]), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and brother to Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat.[2][3]
Bulwer was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] Administrative and diplomatic posts held include:[3]
- 1860–1864 – British Resident in Kythira in the Ionian Islands under the Lord High Commissioner, Sir Henry Knight Storks.
- 1865 – Secretary to his uncle, the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople.
- 1866 – Receiver-General of Trinidad.
- 1867–1869 – Administrator of the Government of Dominica.
- 1871–1875 – Governor of Labuan and Consular-General in Borneo
- 1875–1880 – Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Natal.[5][6]
- 1882–1885 – Governor of the Colony of Natal and Special Commissioner for Zulu Affairs.[5]
- 1886–1892 – High Commissioner in Cyprus.[7]
Bulwer was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George, as Companion in 1864, Knight Commander in 1874, and as Knight Grand Cross in 1883.[8]
Commemoration
The town of Bulwer in Natal, South Africa was named after him.[9]
While Governor of Labuan he presented the type specimen of Bulwer's pheasant (Lophura bulweri) to the British Museum, a bird consequently named after him.[10][3]
The author H Rider Haggard dedicated his novel Marie to Sir Henry Bulwer.
