Person Elwes; Henry John (1846 - 1922) Elwes Henry John 1846 - 1922 Male 26/11/1922 19221126 Colesbourne, Gloucestershire 26/11/1922 19221126

Colesborne Park, Andoversford, Gloucestershire (1986)

Ornithology Entomology Education: Eton Career: Entered Scots Fusilier Guards (1865); retired as Captain (1870); his first article was published in the Ibis (1869); collected birds, butterflies and moths on his travels; presented his collection of Lepidoptera to the British Museum; later concentrated on collecting plants, including the Galanthus Elwesii, a snowdrop from Smyrna named after him (1874); British representative at the Botanical and Horticultural conferences, Amsterdam (1877) and St Petersburg (1884); scientific member of Embassy to Tibet (1886), which never entered Tibet; co-wrote 'Trees of Great Britain and Ireland' (published 1906-1913) Memberships: FLS; FZS; Royal Entomological Society (President 1893-1894); Horticultural Society Eldest son of John Henry Elwes of Coleborne, Gloucestershire, and his wife Mary, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Howe Bromley, of Stoke Hall, Newark; brother-in-law of Frederick Du Cane Godman (FRS 1882); married (1871) Margaret Susan, daughter of William Charles Lowndes-Stone of Brightwell Park, Oxfordshire; one son, one daughter Fellow 03/06/1897 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1923-1924 vol 95 pp xlviii-liii signed by A H International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 May 1846 - 26 Nov 1922 NA5875 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/62328161 f99a9ae2-a46a-48f5-a9aa-73f8972f82af