Sir Charles Bunbury, 8th Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sir Charles Bunbury, 8th Baronet

British baronet

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1809

Place of Birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1886

Profession: botanist, autobiographer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th Baronet, FRS (4 February 1809 – 18 June 1886) was an English naturalist. He was born in Messina, the eldest son of Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet and Louisa Amelia Fox and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He married Frances Joanna Horner, daughter of Leonard Horner, on 31 May 1844 in London.
They had no children.He was a Justice of the Peace and deputy lieutenant for Suffolk and in 1868 was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk. He was a keen botanist and geologist with a particular interest in paleobotany.
He collected plant specimens on expeditions to South America in 1833 and South Africa in 1838.
He also accompanied his great friend Sir Charles Lyell, the geologist, on an expedition to Madeira.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. He died at Barton Hall, Bury, Suffolk in 1886 and was succeeded in his title by his younger brother Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, 9th Baronet.



Alternative names	Eden Eddis; E.U. Eddis; Eddis
Description	British artist
Date of birth/death	9 May 1812	7 April 1901
Location of birth/death	Newington Green	Shalford
Authority control	: Q5336943 VIAF: 39312750 ISNI: 0000 0000 6706 0172 ULAN: 500012923 LCCN: nr2002020814 Oxford Dict.: 32968 WorldCat