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Bulwer (other)
Bulwer may refer to: People * Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer (1801–1872), British politician, diplomat and writer * Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (1836–1914), British colonial administrator and diplomat, nephew of Henry Bulwer * James Bulwer (1794–1879), English collector, naturalist and conchologist * James Redfoord Bulwer (1820–1899), British politician * John Bulwer (1606–1656), English physician and writer * Lorina Bulwer (1838-1912) Workhouse inmate and textile artist Other * Bulwer, Queensland, Australia * Bulwer Island, Queensland, Australia * Bulwer, New Zealand (in Pelorus Sound) * Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Bulwer's petrel (''Bulweria bulwerii''), named after James Bulwer * Bulwer's pheasant (''Lophura bulweri''), named after Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer * Clayton–Bulwer Treaty, 1850 treaty between the United States and Great Britain See also * Bulwer-Lytton, a surname * Bulweria ''Bulweria'' is a genus of seabirds in the family Proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling And Bulwer
(William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer GCB, PC (13 February 180123 May 1872) was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer. Background and education Bulwer was the second son of General William Bulwer and his wife, Elizabeth Barbara, daughter of Richard Warburton-Lytton. He was an elder brother of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, uncle of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1876–1880, and the uncle of Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer. He was educated at Harrow School, Trinity College and then the recently founded Downing College, both at Cambridge. After graduating and touring the continent, he joined the Life Guards in 1824 and exchanged to the 58th Regiment of Foot two years later. Diplomatic and political career After having unsuccessfully contested Hertford in 1826, Bulwer joined the Diplomatic Service in 1827 and was sent to Berlin in August that year, to Vienna in April 1829 and then to The Hague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: * 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 Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bulwer
The Reverend James Bulwer (21 March 179411 June 1879) was an English collector, naturalist, artist and conchologist. He was a close friend and patron of the artist John Sell Cotman. He is considered to be a member of the Norwich School of painters. Life James Bulwer was born at Aylsham in the English county of Norfolk, the son of James Bulwer and Mary Seaman, and was baptised by his parents on 23 March 1794, at St Michael and All Angels, the town's parish church.James Bulwer in "Parish registers, 1550-1900", ''FamilySearch''James Bulwer. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge he took drawing lessons from the landscape artist John Sell Cotman and became a fellow of the Linnean Society due to his interest in molluscs, one of his three proposers being William Elford Leach. In 1818 he was made a deacon and in 1822 he became a priest. In 1823 he became curate of Booterstown in Dublin, moving to Bristol in 1831 and St James's, Piccadilly in 1833. He spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Redfoord Bulwer
James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer MA, QC, JP (22 May 1820 – 4 March 1899) was an English lawyer and a Member of the British Parliament. He was also a cricketer, and played seven first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1841 and 1845. Bulwer was an MP supporting the Conservative Party: he represented Ipswich during the period of the Disraeli government from 1874 to 1880, and Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ... from 1881 to 1885.Craig, op. cit., page 358 References External links * * 1820 births 1899 deaths Politicians from County Dublin Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Members of the Parliament of the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bulwer
John Bulwer (baptised 16 May 1606 – buried 16 October 1656 ) was an English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture. He was the first person in England to propose educating deaf people, the plans for an Academy he outlines in ''Philocophus'' and ''The Dumbe mans academie''. Life John Bulwer was born in London in 1606 and continued to work and live in the city until his death in October 1656 when he was buried in St Giles in the Fields, Westminster. He was the only surviving son of an apothecary named Thomas Bulwer and Marie Evans of St. Albans. On her death in 1638 John Bulwer inherited some property in St Albans from which he derived a small income. Although information about his education is unclear, there is evidence that he was probably educated in Oxford as an unmatriculated student in the 1620s. His known friends had nearly all been educated there and he supported Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorina Bulwer
Lorina Bulwer (1838 – 5 March 1912) was a British needleworker. She was placed in a workhouse at Great Yarmouth at the age of 55 and there she created several pieces of needlework which have been featured on BBCTV and which can now be found in the Norwich Castle Museum. The needlework are long expressionist samplers which document her anger and indignation during that time in her life. Life Bulwer was born in 1838 in a small town of Beccles located in Suffolk. Her parents were William John Bulwer and Ann Bulwer (born Turner). Some time before 1861 her family moved to Great Yarmouth.Looking for Lorina Ruth Burwood, frayedtextilesontheedge exhibition, retrieved 12 April 2015 Her father died in 1871 and she then worked running a guest house until her mother died in 1893. She is thought to have been pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer, Queensland
Bulwer is a coastal town and locality at the north-western end of Moreton Island in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Bulwer had a population of 49 people. Geography Bulwer is on the north-west coast of Moreton Island facing Moreton Bay. It is to the Brisbane central business district. It is one of the few developed areas on Moreton Island which is almost entirely national park ( Moreton Island National Park). It consists of a few streets of housing and a long sandy beach. There are no formal road connections to Bulwer, but there are dirt tracks that connect it to other parts of the island. History Bulwer was probably named after Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1858 to 1859. The British Colonial Secretary separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and made Sir George Bowen its first Governor. In August 1848, the maritime pilot station on Moreton Bay was moved fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer Island
Bulwer Island is a reclaimed tidal mangrove island at the mouth of the Brisbane River in the suburb of Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the British Colonial Secretary who separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and made Sir George Bowen its first Governor. Air crash In May 1961 a TAA DC-4 airliner crashed onto Bulwer Island during landing at Brisbane Airport. The pilot had suffered cardiac arrest and slumped over the control column preventing the co-pilot from regaining control before the plane dived into the mud of the island. Oil refinery Land was reclaimed joining the island to the mainland commencing in 1963. An oil refinery commenced operations in 1965, and was converted to an import terminal in 2015. Lighthouse A lighthouse, known as Bulwer Island Light, stood on the island between 1912 and 1983, as part of a pair of leading light. In 1983 it was replaced by a skeletal tower and relocated to the Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer, New Zealand
Bulwer is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from Rai Valley. A weekly mail boat service delivers mail and also offers passenger services. The area surrounding Bulwer features a mixture of native bush, farm land and pine plantations. Naming "Bulwer" and the associated name "Lytton Water" honour either Edward Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 180318 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secret ... (1803-1873) or his son Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891). References {{Marlborough Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Marlborough District Populated places in the Marlborough Sounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal
Bulwer is a small town in the KwaZulu-Natal's Midlands region, South Africa. It is situated on the R617 regional road between the towns of Boston and Underberg and around 50 minutes north-west of the town of Ixopo on the R56. The village is nestled in the shadow of the Amahwaqa (the misty one) mountain. Background The town is named after Natal Governor Sir Henry Bulwer, having been founded during his tenure. Bulwer is a prominent tourist destination for various reasons. It's a popular birding spot, a beautiful place to just relax, but mainly it's a flying destination for both hang gliders and paragliders. Both local and international pilots flock to Bulwer for flying around the year. The Old Yellowwood Church The old yellowwood church (Chapel of the Holy Trinity) in Bulwer was built from hand sawn yellowwood in 1885. It was renovated by Mondi in 1989. See also Marutswa Forest The Marutswa Forest Trail & Boardwalk is situated in the indigenous mist-belt forest near Bulwer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulwer's petrel (''Bulweria bulwerii'') is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer. Taxonomy Bulwer's petrel was formally described in 1828 by the naturalists Jardine and Selby who coined the binomial name ''Procellaria bulwerii''. The specific epithet was chosen to acknowledge the artist and naturalist James Bulwer who had collected the type specimen on the island of Madeira. Bulwer's petrel is now placed in the genus '' Bulweria '' that was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. Description This very long-winged petrel is in length with a wingspan. It has mainly brown plumage and a long pointed tail. It has a buoyant twisting flight as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface. Distribution and habitat The species has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulwer's Pheasant
Bulwer's pheasant (''Lophura bulweri''), also known as Bulwer's wattled pheasant, the wattled pheasant or the white-tailed wattled pheasant, is a Southeast Asian bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the forests of Borneo. It is currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Etymology Bulwer's pheasant belongs to the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. The genus name ''Lophura'' is derived from the Greek word ''lophos'' for ridge, crest or tuft. The species name ''bulweri'' is after Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, Governor of Labuan 1871–1875, who presented the type specimen to the British Museum. Description Bulwer's pheasant is sexually dimorphic. Males have a total length of about , and are black-plumaged with a maroon breast, crimson legs, a pure white tail of long, curved feathers, and bright blue facial skin with two wattles that conceal the sides of its head. Females have a total length of about , and are an overall dull brown colour with red legs and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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