Edward Beveridge Binnie (1884 in

Stanley, Falkland Islands Stanley (; also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a populat ...

— 1956 in

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, Norway) was the second resident magistrate of South Georgia, serving from October 1914 to April 1927, during which time he resided at

King Edward Point King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is situated in Cumberl ...

. He had previously served as

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on East Falkland Island in 1907,Antarctic Magistrate: A Book Review By Keith Holmes
, by Keith Holmes, at the Government of South Georgia Island; originally published May 2009; retrieved June 24, 2014 in which position he supervised the activities of

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companies In 1912, Binnie became the first Resident Magistrate of

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and the

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; in 1914, he was transferred to South Georgia. In 1922, he officiated at the funeral of

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...

. In 1923, Binnie vacationed in

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, where he met and married Margrethe Larsen; she came with him to the sub-Antarctic territories, but became homesick, and in 1927 he resigned his post so that they could move back to Norway. The Binnie Peaks of South Georgia are named in his honor.Binnie Peaks
at the

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, published by the

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; retrieved June 24, 2014

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Binnie, Edward 1884 births 1956 deaths Falkland Islands people of Scottish descent History of South Georgia South Shetland Islands People from Stanley, Falkland Islands Scottish emigrants to Norway