Sir Edward Newton KCMG (10 November 1832[1] – 25 April 1897) was a British colonial administrator and ornithologist.

He was born at Elveden Hall, Suffolk the sixth and youngest son of William Newton, MP.

He graduated from Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1857 and was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union.

In 1878, Newton initiated the first laws anywhere specifically designed to protect indigenous land birds from persecution.

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