Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer

Who was Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer?

Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, GCMG, the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat.

Bulwer was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Administrative and diplomatic posts held include:

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

1882-1885 – Governor of the Colony of Natal and Special Commissioner for Zulu Affairs

1886-1892 – High Commissioner in Cyprus

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. While Governor of Labuan he presented the type specimen of Bulwer's Pheasant to the British Museum, a bird consequently named after him.