Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, 9th Baronet (8 July 1811 – 5 March 1895), known as Edward Bunbury until 1886, was an English Barrister and a British Liberal Party politician.
Biography edit
Bunbury was the second son of Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet, and the grandson of Henry Bunbury; his mother was Louisa Emilia Fox, daughter of Henry Edward Fox. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1841.
In 1847 Bunbury was elected to the House of Commons for Bury St Edmunds, a seat he held until 1852. In 1886, he succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy.
Bunbury died of pneumonia in March 1895, aged 83.[2][3] He never married and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, Charles.[3]
Work edit
Bunbury's two-volume history of ancient geography[4] published in 1879 is the first modern work in English which treats the textual sources with any sophistication.
He was also a contributing author to the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854–57),[5] and to a number of other reference works. Samuel Sharpe thought Bunbury had plagiarised his work on the Ptolemies.[6][7]
Notes edit
- ^ "Bunbury, Edward Herbert (BNBY829EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Freeman, Nicholas (2011). 1895: Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain. Edinburgh University Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780748640560.
- ^ a b "Sir Edward Bunbury". The Times. No. 34519. London. 10 March 1895. p. 10.
- ^ Bunbury, Edward Herbert (1879). A history of ancient geography among the Greeks and Romans, from the earliest ages till the fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray. Volume 1Volume 2
- ^ Smith 1854, p. iv.
- ^ SS Diary entry 3 September 1850. "I certainly felt mortified on reading the articles on the Ptolemies in Dr. Smith's " Dictionary of Classical Biography." They were all written by E. H. Bunbury with the help of my " History of Egypt," and with-out any acknowledgment, though he even borrowed the volume from my brother Dan for the purpose."
- ^ Clayden, PW (1883). Samuel Sharpe. p. 82. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
References edit
- Smith, William, ed. (1854). "List of writers". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. I. London: John Murray. p. iv.
Further reading edit
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
External links edit
Works by or about Edward Bunbury at Wikisource- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Bunbury
