 sir frederick napier broome kcmg (18 november 1842&ndash;1896) was a colonial administrator in the british empire, serving in natal, mauritius, western australia, barbados and trinidad. the western australian towns of broome and broomehill are named after him. ==early life== the eldest son of rev. frederick broome, rector of kenley, shropshire, by his wife catherine eleanor (eldest daughter of lieut.-colonel napier, formerly superintendent, indian department, canada) broome was born in canada and educated at whitchurch grammar school, shropshire. when visiting england in 1865, he married mary anne barker on 21 june. the couple moved to new zealand where broome had a sheep station, in the malvern hills, province of canterbury. ==career== ===journalist and poet=== broome returned to london in 1869, and for the following six years was a regular contributor to the times, being the newspaper's correspondent at the duke of edinburgh's marriage at st. petersburg, and on many other occasions. he also wrote literary reviews, art critiques, and miscellaneous articles. he published two volumes of verse, poems from new zealand (1868) and the stranger of seriphos (1869), and contributed verse to the cornhill, macmillan's magazine, and other periodicals. ===administrator=== in 1870 he was appointed secretary to the st. paul's cathedral completion fund, and, in 1873, secretary to the royal commission on unseaworthy ships, and held for some time a commission in the essex yeomanry. he was selected 
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