Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. Bulwer was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

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  • Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton 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 Michael and St George, as Companion in 1864, Knight Commander in 1874, and as Knight Grand Cross in 1883. While Governor of Labuan he presented the type specimen of Bulwer's Pheasant (Lophura bulweri) to the British Museum, a bird consequently named after him.
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  • Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. Bulwer was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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  • Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
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