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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. Educated at Dr Burney's Academy near Gosport, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and was commissioned second ...
The Secretary of the Commission was Major William Jervois of the Royal Engineers, a progressive military engineer who held the post of Assistant Inspector-General of Fortifications. Although not appointed as a Commissioner, Jervois seems to have had considerable influence on the conduct of the Commission. [4]
In early 1875 Jervois (pronounced ‘Jarvis’) was appointed governor of the Straits Settlements, in which capacity he developed respect for Chinese people. Early in 1877, Jervois was directed to survey the defences of Australia and New Zealand.
William Jervois was a military engineer who rose to prominence as a result of Lord Palmerston's extensive programme of fortification against a feared French invasion in the middle years of the...
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.
Military engineer, colonial governor. This biography, written by Ian McGibbon, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1993. William Francis Drummond Jervois was born, probably on 10 September 1821, at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, and was baptised there on 16 October. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel ...
