b. 18 November 1842. d. 26 November 1896. Nationality: English.
Journalist, critic, poet, and colonial administrator in the British Empire. Born in
Canada. Educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Shropshire. Served as colonial administrator
in Natal, Mauritius, Western Australia, and Barbados. Contributed to *The Times*.
Author of *Poems from New Zealand* (1868) and *The Stranger of Seriphos* (1869). Biographical
information: F.K. Crowley, “Broome, Sir Frederick Napier,” *Australian Dictionary
of Biography*, <http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/broome-sir-frederick-napier-3068>,
(30 March 2020). (SP, SCM)