John Henry Lefroy ( 1817 - 1890 )

Birth: Ashe, Hampshire, England (28 January 1817) Death: Lewarne, near Liskeard, Cornwall (11 April 1890) Burial: Crondall, Hampshire Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (entered 1831) Career: Officer in the Royal Artillery; Lieutenant (1837); made magnetic observations at St Helena and the Cape of Good Hope (1839-1842); was transferred to Toronto, Canada and made expeditions to Athabasca and the Mackenzie River (1844); Captain (1845); Director of the Magnetic Observatory, Toronto (by 1848); returned to London (1853); was sent to Constantinople (1855); Liuetenant Colonel (1855); Inspector General of army schools (1857); Director General of Ordnance (1868); Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas (1871-1877); Governor of Tasmania (1880-1882); retired and lived in London, then moved to Cornwall Honours: CB 1870; KCMG 1877 Memberships: FSA Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/06/1848.