| Activity | He was born at Elveden Hall, Suffolk the sixth and youngest son of William Newton, MP. He was the brother of ornithologist Alfred Newton.
Edward Newton was the Colonial Secretary for Mauritius from 1859 to 1877. From there he sent his brother a number of specimens, including the Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, both already extinct. Edward was later Colonial Secretary and Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica.
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