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Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914 ), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and brother to Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. Bulwer was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Administrative and diplomatic posts held include: 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.
Commemoration
The town of Bulwer in Natal, South Africa was named after him. 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. The author H Rider Haggard dedicated his novel Marie to Sir Henry Bulwer.
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