Henry Spencer Palmer
Henry Spencer Palmer | |
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Henry Spencer Palmer | |
| Born | 30 April 1838 |
| Died | 10 February 1893 (aged 54) |
| Buried | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1856–1887 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 949 |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Commands | Chief Astronomer, Transit of Venus expedition to New Zealand, 1874–75 Commanding Royal Engineer, Manchester, 1883-85 |
| Known for | Foreign advisor to Meiji Japan |
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| Memorials | Monument, Yokohama Waterworks, Japan, 1939 Bronze bust, Nogeyama Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987 |
| Spouse |
Mary Jane Pearson Wright
(m. 1863) |
| Relations | Henry James (uncle) |
Major General Henry Spencer Palmer ADC FRAS (30 April 1838 – 10 February 1893) was a British Royal Engineer who was a member of the elite Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment that founded British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), and who subsequently developed the Port of Yokohama in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Meiji government.