British vice-consul at
Panama under Consul Charles Henderson,
1860-68. He acted as consul
from 8 June 1858 to 31 December 1860 and again
from 3 July 1863 to 1 March 1864, and also as superintending agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and agent
for the BritishPost Office in
Panama. In
1865, Bidwell published
The Isthmus of Panama (London, 1865).
Tracy Robinson, Fifty Years at Panama (New York: The Trow Press, 1907), p. 210.) Foreign Office Lists, 1862-87. BCPO 92.2.