governor of the colony of Queensland
Which position did Anthony Musgrave hold from 1883 to 1888?
Anthony Musgrave 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 . Life . He was born at St Johns , Antigua , the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff . After education in Antigua and Great Britain , he was appointed private secretary to Robert James Mackintosh , governor-in-chief of the Leeward Islands in 1854 . He was recognised for his capacity and zeal , and quickly promoted , administering in turn the British West Indies territories of Nevis and St . Vincent and the Grenadines . Musgrave was born to a slaveholding family . His father and uncles , were slaveholders who were compensated for their slaves upon the emancipation of slavery in the 1830s . British North America . After ten years of colonial service in the Caribbean , Musgrave was appointed governor of Newfoundland in September , 1864 . Unlike his previous appointments , Newfoundland had responsible government and an active colonial assembly . He also found a colony in dire economic straits , containing a destitute population . During his tenure , Musgrave dedicated most of energies towards convincing Newfoundland to remedy this by joining the negotiations with other British North American colonies towards union in what would become the Canadian Confederation . In this project , he was allied with the goals of the colonial office . Despite his efforts , and what seemed like imminent success , Musgrave ultimately failed to move the colonial assembly to accepting terms of union . Canada was proclaimed on 1 July 1867—and Newfoundland would not join Confederation for eightytwo years . In consultation with the colonial office and the Canadian Prime Minister , Sir John A . Macdonald , it was agreed that Musgrave should redirect his energies concerning the expansion of the Canadian confederation away from the easternmost colony of British North America , to the westernmost—the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia . Following the death of Frederick Seymour , Musgrave took up his new responsibilities as colonial governor in August , 1869 . Musgrave found a colony in an administrative and financial mess , with a fractious assembly , long-simmering disputes between the two colonies and their capitals – Victoria and New Westminster—and general frustration with the slow pace of negotiations for the colony to enter confederation . Musgrave proved to be both a capable administrator , and an able placater of the assemblys notoriously contentious members . In less than two years , in July , 1871 , British Columbia joined Canada as its sixth province . Natal . Musgrave did a brief stint as governor of the South African colony of Natal . South Australia . Musgraves next posting was to South Australia . This proved to be a substantially less taxing appointment . During his tenure , Musgrave supported the assembly in its plans to borrow a large sum for the purpose of extensive railway construction , the imposition of additional taxation , and the introduction of a considerable number of immigrants into what was still a largely unsettled hinterland . Jamaica . After three and a half years in the antipodes , Musgrave returned to the Caribbean as governor of Jamaica . He would govern the colony for the next six years , focusing much of his attention on improving its cultural life . Under his administration , the government purchased Jamaica Railway Company and extended the line . Musgrave also initiated the Jamaica Scholarship , and was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Jamaica , dedicated to fostering and encouraging the development of arts , science , and literature . The Musgrave Medal , awarded by the institute for excellence in these fields , was named in his honour in 1897 . Queensland . Musgraves last appointment was back in Australia , as governor of the colony of Queensland , where he arrived on 7 November 1883 in the Ranelagh . Like South Australia , Queensland enjoyed full responsible government , and Musgrave was more of a spectator of the political scene . He travelled with premier Samuel Griffith to visit the northern parts of the colony including Cooktown , Port Douglas , Cairns , Townsville , Charters Towers , Mourilyan Harbour , Cardwell , and Bowen . During this period , he was faced with responding to the action of the colonys premier , Sir Thomas McIlwraith , in annexing New Guinea as part of Queensland – an action repudiated by the colonial office . Governor Anthony Musgrave was at the point of retiring from the colonial service when he died at his desk in Brisbane on 9 October 1888 from strangulation of the bowel . His funeral was held on 10 October 1888 at St Johns Cathedral , after which he was interred in Brisbanes Toowong General Cemetery on the principal slope near to the grave of Governor Blackall , the location being personally selected by premier Thomas McIlwraith . 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 ) . During his tenure in British Columbia , Musgrave married his second wife , Jeanie Lucinda Field who was the daughter of David Dudley Field . Their daughter , Joyce , died in South Australia during 1874 . According to article in Air Clues May 1995 , he also had three sons : Arthur David Musgrave b.1874 d.1931 ( Served in the Army , ending the war as CRA 52nd Division , retiring as a Brigadier General ) , Herbert Musgrave DSO RFC and RE , b.11 May 1876 in Adelaide , S.Australia , d.2 June 1918 in German territory and Dudley Field Musgrave b.1873 d.1895 of Typhoid Fever in Bombay ( Served in the Royal Navy reaching Lieutenant ) . According to www.biographi.ca Sir.Anthony was 3rd of 11 children . Places named for Musgrave . Australia . - Queensland - Port Musgrave , an embayment located on the northwestern tip of the Cape York Peninsula . - Musgrave , a locality in east-central Queensland - Musgrave Hill , a locality in Southport , Gold Coast - Musgrave Road in Brisbane ( from Petrie Terrace through Red Hill ) - The Queensland Governments steam yacht of 1884 was named Lucinda after Lady Musgrave - Lucinda , Queensland , is a small town , now bustling 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 is a locality on the southwest coast of Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands of southwestern British Columbia . - The Musgrave Peaks ( or Musgrave Range ) is a 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 is a thoroughfare in Kingston , Jamaica named for his wife . - Musgrave Market is a market in Port Antonio , Portland , Jamaica . Newfoundland . - The town of Muddy Hole was renamed Musgrave Harbour in 1886 . It is located on central Newfoundlands 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 .