Henry Spencer Palmer | |
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 Henry Spencer Palmer | |
| Born | 30 April 1838 Bangalore, British India |
| Died | 10 February 1893 (aged 54) House at Azabu, 41 Imai-cho, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Buried | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1856–1887 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 949[2] |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers[3] |
| Commands | Chief Astronomer, Transit of Venus expedition to New Zealand, 1874–75[3] CRE, Manchester, 1883-85[3][4] |
| Known for | Foreign advisor to Meiji Japan |
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| Memorials | Monument, Yokohama Waterworks, Japan, 1939[6] Bronze bust, Nogeyama Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987 |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Jane Pearson Wright
(m. 1863) |
| Relations | Henry James (uncle) |
| Other work | Civil engineer, Japan |
Major General Henry Spencer Palmer FRAS (30 April 1838 – 10 February 1893) was a British Army military engineer and surveyor, noted for his work in developing Yokohama harbor in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government
- ^ "The House at Azabu (2) Two British Japanophiles" (PDF). Abazu: Community Information Paper. Vol. 29. December 2014. p. 6.
- ^ Connolly, Thomas William John (1898). Richard Fielding Edwards (ed.). Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1660 to 1898. Chatham: The Royal Engineers Institute. p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e WO 25/3913/311: Statement of the Services of Henry Spencer Palmer of the Royal Engineers with a Record of such other Particulars as may be useful in case of his Death, The National Archives, Kew, p. 311
- ^ Hart, Henry George (1884). The New Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry Cavalry List and Indian Civil Service List, for 1884. Vol. 45. London: John Murray. p. 206.
- ^ Higuchi, Jiro (2002). The Biography of Major-General Henry Spencer Palmer R.E. F.R.A.S. (1838–1893) (PDF). Tokyo: Jiro Higuchi.
- ^ Anonymous (1939). "Major-General Henry Spencer Palmer and the Yokohama Waterworks" (PDF). The Royal Engineers Journal. 53 (December 1939). Chatham: The Institution of Royal Engineers: 495–496.