Anthony Musgrave

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Sir Anthony Musgrave

Musgrave was born to a slaveholding family. His father and uncles, were slaveholders who were compensated for their slaves upon the emancipation of slavery in the 1830s.[2]

British North America

After ten years of colonial service in the Caribbean, Musgrave was appointed governor of

In consultation with the colonial office and the Canadian Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, it was agreed that Musgrave should redirect his energies concerning the expansion of the Canadian confederation away from the easternmost colony of British North America, to the westernmost—the Colony of British Columbia, which was recently united with the Colony of Vancouver Island. Following the death of Frederick Seymour, Musgrave took up his new responsibilities as colonial governor in August, 1869. Musgrave found a colony in an administrative and financial mess, with a fractious assembly, long-simmering disputes between the two colonies and their capitals – Victoria and New Westminster—and general frustration with the slow pace of negotiations for the colony to enter confederation. Musgrave proved to be both a capable administrator, and an able placater of the assembly's notoriously contentious members. In less than two years, in July, 1871, British Columbia joined Canada as its sixth province.

Natal

Musgrave did a brief stint as governor of the South African colony of Natal.

South Australia

Musgrave's next posting was to South Australia. This proved to be a substantially less taxing appointment. During his tenure, Musgrave supported the assembly in its plans to borrow a large sum for the purpose of extensive railway construction, the imposition of additional taxation, and the introduction of a considerable number of immigrants into what was still a largely unsettled hinterland.

Jamaica

After three and a half years in the antipodes, Musgrave returned to the Caribbean as governor of Jamaica. He would govern the colony for the next six years, focusing much of his attention on improving its cultural life. Under his administration, the government purchased Jamaica Railway Company and extended the line. Musgrave also initiated the Jamaica Scholarship, and was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Jamaica, dedicated to fostering and encouraging the development of arts, science, and literature. The Musgrave Medal, awarded by the institute for excellence in these fields, was named in his honour in 1897.

Queensland

Musgrave's last appointment was back in Australia, as

In May 1939, his grave was reported as unkempt and overgrown with weeds.[5]

Family

He married in 1854 to Christiana Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Sir

• Port Musgrave, an embayment located on the northwestern tip of the Cape York Peninsula^[8]
• Musgrave Telegraph Station^[9]
• Musgrave Hill, a locality in Southport, Gold Coast
• Musgrave Road in Brisbane (from
  Petrie Terrace through Red Hill
  )
• The Queensland Government's steam yacht of 1884 was named
  Lucinda after Lady Musgrave^[10]
• Lucinda, Queensland, is a small town, now bustling sugar terminal, near Ingham, Queensland^[11]
• Lady Musgrave Island, an island located near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef^[12]
• Lady Musgrave Drive in Mountain Creek, Queensland

South Australia

• The Musgrave Ranges, a mountain range located at the extreme northwestern part of South Australia.
• Lucindale, a town named after Lady Musgrave in 1877

British Columbia

• Musgrave Landing is a locality on the southwest coast of
  Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands
  of southwestern British Columbia.
• The Musgrave Peaks (or Musgrave Range) is a part of the Coast Mountains, located in the Estevan Islands off the north-central coast of British Columbia. Musgrave also helped in the making of British Columbia by assisting in the negotiation in Ottawa.^[13]

Jamaica

• Lady Musgrave Road is a thoroughfare in Kingston, Jamaica named for his wife.
• Musgrave Market is a market in
  Portland, Jamaica
  .

• The town of Muddy Hole was renamed Musgrave Harbour in 1886. It is located on central Newfoundland's Kittiwake Coast.
• Musgravetown was founded in 1863, and is located on Bonavista Bay
  in eastern Newfoundland.
• Mount Musgrave is a 540 m peak of the Long Range Mountains
  of western Newfoundland.

• The major street Musgrave Road in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, is named after Musgrave. It is the location of the Musgrave Centre mall, named after the road, rather than the former Lieutenant-Governor.

See also

• Arthurton, South Australia

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chichester, Henry Manners (1894). "Musgrave, Anthony". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 418.
• Bolton, Geoffrey. "Musgrave, Sir Anthony (1828–1888)".
  doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19658. (Subscription or UK public library membership
  required.)
• Haworth, Kent M. (1982). "Musgrave, Sir Anthony". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anthony Musgrave.

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
• The Contribution of Sir Anthony Musgrave from the website of the Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library
• Musgrave, Sir Anthony — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
• Guide to the Sir Anthony Musgrave Papers, 1739–1966 — Archive of the personal papers of Musgrave, his wife Jeanie Lucinda, and her father David, at Duke University Libraries

Government offices
Preceded by Edward John Eyre	Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent 1862–1864	Succeeded by George Berkeley
Preceded by Sir Alexander Bannerman	Governor of Newfoundland 1864–1869	Succeeded by Sir Stephen John Hill
Preceded by Frederick Seymour	Governor of the Colony of British Columbia 1869–1871	Succeeded by Abolished
Preceded by Robert William Keate	Governor of Natal 1872–1873	Succeeded by Sir Benjamin Pine
Preceded by Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt	Governor of South Australia 1873–1877	Succeeded by Lieutenant General Sir William F.D. Jervois, GCMG, CB
Preceded by Edward Everard Rushworth Mann, acting	Governor of Jamaica 1877–1883	Succeeded by Somerset M. Wiseman Clarke, acting
Preceded by Sir Arthur Kennedy	Governor of Queensland 1883–1888	Succeeded by General Sir Henry Norman