Governor Edward John Eyre

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Governor Edward John Eyre was a 19th-century British colonial administrator best known for his brutal suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica, which sparked major controversy and debate over imperial governance and human rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
authorOf Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal ⓘ
causeOfControversy alleged human rights abuses in Jamaica ⓘ
treatment of black Jamaicans during post-rebellion reprisals ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-08-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1901-11-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Luton Grammar School ⓘ
employer British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
endTime tenure as Governor of Jamaica ended in 1866 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Eyre ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasAward Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal ⓘ
hasWork Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia ⓘ
knownFor execution and flogging of many Jamaicans after Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
harsh imposition of martial law in Jamaica in 1865 ⓘ
legalCase prosecutions in Britain for actions in Jamaica ⓘ
legalOutcome never criminally convicted for Jamaica actions ⓘ
movement British imperialism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor exploration of inland Australia ⓘ
suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
opposedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
participantIn explorations across the Nullarbor Plain ⓘ
overland expedition from Adelaide to King George Sound ⓘ
suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
placeOfBirth Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Walreddon Manor, near Tavistock, Devon, England ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Antigua ⓘ
Governor of Jamaica ⓘ
Governor of the Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province ⓘ
Protector of Aborigines in South Australia ⓘ
Resident Magistrate in South Australia ⓘ
residence Devon, England ⓘ
linked to: Devon

Jamaica ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime tenure as Governor of Jamaica began in 1864 ⓘ
subjectOf Eyre controversy in Britain ⓘ
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Jamaica Rebellion ⓘ
supportedBy John Ruskin ⓘ
Thomas Carlyle ⓘ

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Morant Bay Rebellion → opposedBy → Governor Edward John Eyre ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → associatedWith → Governor Edward Eyre ⓘ
linked to: Governor Edward John Eyre
Hōne Heke → opponent → Governor Robert FitzRoy ⓘ
linked to: Governor Edward John Eyre