Washington Eves, Charles

Charles Washington Augero Eves (1838-1899) was a British merchant prominent in the trade between London and the West Indies, and a promoter of Jamaican exports. He was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1886, and was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to represent Jamaica at the Colonial Conference of 1887.

In 1889, he authored "The West Indies", published in several editions under the auspices of The Royal Colonial Institute and combined history, travel advice, and discussion of the general state of the principal islands of the West Indies; it included a number of maps.