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Edward John Eyre (born August 5, 1815, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England—died November 30, 1901, near Tavistock, Devon) was an English explorer in Australia for whom Lake Eyre and the Eyre Peninsula (both in South Australia) are named. He was subsequently a British colonial official.
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Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 – 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica.
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Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and governor, was born on 5 August 1815 at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, third son of Anthony William Eyre, vicar of Hornsea and Long Riston, and his wife Sarah, née Mapleton. He was educated at schools near Rotherham and Grantham, at Louth, and at Sedbergh.
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Eyre serves as governor of Jamaica. Eyre was recalled following his suppression of an Afro-Jamaican uprising with over 400 executions. Edward John Eyre (1815–1901) was English-born and educated for a military career but decided to travel to Australia instead.
1867. John Brown. Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2006. Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and administrator, emigrated to New South Wales from England when he was 17.
Edward John Eyre: Born: 5 August, 1815 Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England. Died: 30 November, 1901 (aged 86) Tavistock, England. Cultural Heritage: English; Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) was an English explorer of Australia and an administrator in New Zealand and the West Indies. He was tried for murder in the ruthless suppression of a Jamaican uprising and was acquitted.
