17th Nov 1828 - ????
Son of Anthony Musgrave (q.v.) who was awarded compensation for ownership of enslaved people in Antigua.
Sir Anthony Musgrave (1828-1888) was a colonial administrator in the post-Emancipation Caribbean in Antigua, Nevis and St Vincent, then Governor of Newfoundland (from September 1864) and then from August 1869 of British Columbia; Governor of Natal 1872-3; Governor of South Australia 1873-77; Governor of Jamaica 1877-1883; Governor of Queensland 1883-1888.
Geoffrey Bolton, ‘Musgrave, Sir Anthony (1828–1888)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004), http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19658 [accessed 08/10/2012].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
(1) Christine Elizabeth Byam (2) Jeannie Lucinda Field
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Children
With (1) 1 son, 1 daughter with (2) 3 sons
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Wealth at death
£6,020 18S 8D
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Legal Education
Inner Temple [1851- ]
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Occupation
Colonial administrator
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Oxford DNB Entry
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Imperial (6) |
Governor
South Africa: Natal
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Governor
Australia: South Australia
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Governor
Jamaica
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Governor
Australia: Queensland
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Governor
Canada: Newfoundland
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Governor
Canada: British Columbia including Vancouver Island
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Son → Father
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Jamaica
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Queensland, Australia
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South Australia, Australia
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Natal, South Africa
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British Columbia, Canada
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Newfoundland, Canada
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Government House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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