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Born February 9, 1853 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died November 26, 1917 (aged 64) • London • England • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Role In Jameson Raid
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Theophilus Shepstone.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
British South African statesman
Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch
British colonial official
Burgers, Thomas François
Thomas François Burgers
president of Transvaal
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
Frederick Lugard
Frederick Lugard
British colonial administrator
Robert Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
prime minister of United Kingdom
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
prime minister of United Kingdom
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Earl of Ellenborough, detail of an oil painting by F.R. Say, c. 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough
British governor of India
William Legge, 2nd earl of Dartmouth
British statesman
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend
British statesman
Sir Kenneth Blackburne
British colonial administrator
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
British politician
Carnarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon
British statesman
L.S. Amery
British politician
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
British science writer
James Edward Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe
British military officer
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
British admiral