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Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois GCMG CB FRS (10 September 1821 – 17 August 1897) was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa.
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821-1897), governor, was born on 10 September 1821 at Cowes, Isle Of Wight, the eldest son of General William Jervois (pronounced `Jarvis') and his wife Elizabeth, née Maitland.
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Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821-1897), governor, attended the Royal Military Academy before being commissioned to the Royal Engineers in 1839. After two years’ study at the School of Military Engineering he was posted to the Cape of Good Hope, where he undertook surveying of ‘Kaffraria’.
William Francis Drummond Jervois (pronounced Jer-vus) came from a military family of Huguenot descent. Educated at Dr Burney’s Academy, Gosport, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (London), he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1839.
Made a KCMG for his colonial services in 1874, Sir William Jervois was appointed governor of the Straits Settlements in April of the following year. In 1877 he was promoted to the rank of major general, and was asked to survey the defences of the Australian colonies.
William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821-1897), by S. Solomon. State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B 6984
In early 1875 Jervois (pronounced ‘Jarvis’) was appointed governor of the Straits Settlements in southeast Asia. Two years later, he was directed to survey the defences of Australia and New Zealand. In Melbourne in June 1877, he learned of his appointment to South Australia.
