John Henry Lefroy

John Henry Lefroy

Sir John Henry Lefroy, KCMG, CB, FRS, (28 January 1817 – 11 April 1890) was a British military man and later colonial administrator who also distinguished himself with his scientific studies of the Earth's magnetism.

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