John Keast Lord (1818–72)

Naturalist and traveller. Served as veterinary surgeon in the Crimea, 1855–6. Naturalist to the Boundary Commission sent to British Columbia, 1858. Joined the staff of the journal Land and Water in 1866 before being engaged by the viceroy in archaeological and scientific research in Egypt. Appointed manager of the newly established Brighton Aquarium four months before his death.