Sir Anthony Musgrave (31 August 1828 – 9 October 1888) was a colonial administrator and governor. He died in office as Governor of Queensland in 1888.

Early life

He was born in St. John's, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff.

British North America

After ten years of colonial service in the Caribbean, Musgrave was appointed governor of Newfoundland in September, 1864.<!-- St John's Pro Cathedral is NOT St John's Cathedral. It was a predecessor church on a different site. -->

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

Family

He married in 1854 to Christiana Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Sir William Byam of Antigua (she died in 1859). Priot to his tenure in British Columbia, Musgrave married his second wife, Jeanie Lucinda Field (daughter of David Dudley Field) in San Francisco.

According to www.biographi.ca Sir Anthony was the 3rd of 11 children.

Places named for Musgrave and his wife

Australia

;Queensland

  • Port Musgrave, an embayment located on the northwestern tip of the Cape York Peninsula
  • Musgrave Telegraph Station
  • 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
  • Lucinda, Queensland, a small town, now a sugar terminal, near Ingham, Queensland
  • Lady Musgrave Island, an island located near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef
  • 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, a locality on the southwest coast of Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands of southwestern British Columbia
  • The Musgrave Peaks (or Musgrave Range), 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.

Jamaica

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

Newfoundland

  • 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.

South Africa

  • 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

  • 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