| Authorised form of name | Jervois; Sir; William Francis Drummond (1821 - 1897) |
| Dates | 1821 - 1897 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Virginia Water, Surrey (16 August 1897) |
| Research field | Military engineering |
| Activity | Education:
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Career:
Commission in the Royal Engineers (1839); went to the Cape of Good Hope (1841); served against the Kaffirs (1846-1847); returned to England (1848); Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications, War Office (1856); Secretary, Royal Commission on the defence of the United Kingdom (1859-1860); Director of Works for fortifications (1862); Governor of the Straits Settlements (1875); Governor of South Australia (1877-1883); Lieutenant General, Royal Engineers; Governor of New Zealand (1883-1889); died after a carriage accident
Honours:
CB 1863; KCMG 1874; GCMG 1878
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1888 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1897-1898 vol 62 pp xxxvii-xl signed by C W W
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Notes:
F A Abel has signed election certificate twice |
| Code | NA8064 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1888/16 | Jervois, Sir William Francis Drummond: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/652 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Cox & Company, Craig's Court, Charing Cross | 4 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/416 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to General Sir William Jervois, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 June 1888 |
| NLB/2/638 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/669 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Lowry Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/947 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 January 1889 |
| NLB/3/917 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lieutenant General Sir William Jervois, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 November 1889 |
| NLB/5/330 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Jervois, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 16 May 1891 |
| NLB/8/493 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Company | 3 November 1893 |
| NLB/16/193 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lieutenant-General Sir John Stokes, Spring House, Ewell, Surrey | 18 February 1898 |
| IM/Maull/002429 | Jervois, Sir William Francis Drumond | nd |