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EDWARD JOHN EYRE (1815-1901)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD See also:JOHN See also:EYRE (1815-1901)  , See also:British colonial See also:governor, the son of a See also:Yorkshire clergyman, was See also:born on the 5th of See also:August 1815 . He was intended for the See also:army, but delays having arisen in producing a See also:commission, he went out to New See also:South See also:Wales, where he engaged in the difficult but very necessary undertaking of transporting stock westward to the new See also:colony of South See also:Australia, then in See also:great See also:distress, and where he became See also:magistrate and See also:protector of the See also:aborigines, whose interests he warmly advocated . Already experienced as an Australian traveller, he undertook the most extensive and difficult journeys in the See also:desert See also:country See also:north and See also:west of See also:Adelaide, and after encountering the greatest hardships, proved the possibility of See also:land communication between South and West Australia . In 1845 he returned to See also:England and published the narrative of his travels . In 1846 he was appointed See also:lieutenant-governor of New See also:Zealand, where he served under See also:Sir See also:George See also:Grey . After successively governing St See also:Vincent and See also:Antigua, he was in x862 appointed acting-governor of See also:Jamaica and in 1864 governor . In See also:October x865 a See also:negro insurrection See also:broke out and was repressed with laudable vigour, but the unquestionable severity and alleged illegality of See also:Eyre's subsequent proceedings raised a See also:storm at See also:borne which induced the See also:government to suspend him and to despatch a See also:special commission of investigation, the effect of whose inquiries, declared by his successor, Sir See also:John See also:Peter See also:Grant, to have been " admirably conducted," was that he should not be reinstated in his See also:office . The government, nevertheless, saw nothing in Eyre's conduct to justify legal proceedings; indictments preferred by See also:amateur prosecutors at See also:home against him and military See also:officers who had acted under his direction, resulted in failure, and he retired upon the See also:pension of a colonial governor . As an explorer Eyre must be classed in the highest See also:rank, but See also:opinion's are always likely to differ as to his See also:action in the Jamaica See also:rebellion . He died on the 3oth of See also:November 19ot .

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