Francis William Rhodes
1851 - September 1905
Nickname	Frank
Place of birth	Saint Michaels, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Allegiance	British
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1873 - 1896 ; 1899 - 1903
Rank	Colonel
Unit	1st Royal Dragoons
Battles/wars	Sudan Campaign: Battles of El Teb; Battle of Khartoum ; Battle of Tamai; Battle of Abu Klea ; Battle of Omdurman ; Second Matabele War ; Second Boer War
Awards	Distinguished Service Order ; Venus General Service Medal ; Khedives Bronze Star ; British South Africa Company Medal ; Order of Bath
Other work	Administrator of Mashonaland ; Reform Committee (Transvaal) ; War Correspondent

Francis W. Rhodes, better known as Frank, is perhaps the best known member of the Rhodes family after his brother Cecil. Trained as a soldier from his youth, he participated in a considerable amount of conflict in different parts of the world. After graduating from Sandhurst, he joined the 1st Royal Dragoons in 1873 and served the British Army for 23 years. He participated in the Sudan Campaign, accompanied the Nile expedition to Khartoum in the abortive effort to relieve Gen. Gordon, and was present at the battles of El Teb and Tamai. At the Battle of Abu Klea, he distinguished himself when he had several horses shot from under him in the course of the engagement. He was awarded several medals and clasps, including the Distinguished Service Order. Bishops Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, England just touching the border with Essex. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... The Royal Dragoon Guards is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... The Mahdist War was a struggle for Sudanese libaration that failed in the late 19-century. ... The Battle of Khartoum was fought in 1884 and 1885 between Sudanese Muslim forces and British forces. ... Abu Klea is a halting-place for caravans in the Bayuda Desert of Sudan. ... Combatants Great Britain Sudan Commanders Horatio Kitchener Abdullah al-Taashi Strength 8,000 British, 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian 50,000 Casualties 48 dead 382 wounded Total: 430 10,000 dead 15,000 wounded 5,000 captured {{{notes}}} At the Battle of Omdurman (September 2, 1898) an army commanded by... Burnham & Armstrong after the assassination of Mlimo. ... Combatants United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada Cape Colony Orange Free State South African Republic Commanders Redvers Buller Frederick Roberts Herbert Kitchener Paul Kruger Martinus Steyn Louis Botha Christiaan de Wet Casualties 22,000 6,500 Civilians killed [mainly Boers]: 24,000+ The Second Boer War, commonly referred to as... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... The flag of the British South Africa Company The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was established by Cecil Rhodes through the amalgamation of the Central Search Association and the Exploring Company, Ltd. ... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. ... A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. ... Cecil Rhodes. ... New College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst New Colours are presented to RMAS, June 2005. ... The Royal Dragoon Guards is an armoured regiment of the British Army. ... The Mahdist War was a struggle for Sudanese libaration that failed in the late 19-century. ... The Battle of Khartoum was fought in 1884 and 1885 between Sudanese Muslim forces and British forces. ... Chinese Gordon as Governor of Sudan Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. ... Abu Klea is a halting-place for caravans in the Bayuda Desert of Sudan. ... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ...

Rhodes filled various staff appointments. From 1890-93, he served as military secretary to Lord Harris while he was Governor of Bombay, and in 1893 he was chief of staff on Sir Gerald Herbert Portal’s mission to Uganda. Rhodes also served for a brief period as Administrator of Mashonaland and as the appointed military member of the council of four in the government of Matabeleland under Leander Starr Jameson. External link Cricinfo page on Lord Harris Categories: Cricket stubs | 1851 births | 1932 deaths | Cricketers | English cricketers | Oxford University cricketers | Kent cricketers | English batsmen | English test cricketers | English cricket captains ... Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. ... Matabeleland is a region in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. ... An 1895 cartoon of Jameson from Vanity Fair Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, KCMG (February 9, 1853 – November 26, 1917), also known as Doctor Jim, was a British colonial statesman who was best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. ...

In perhaps the most trying event in his career, Rhodes served as a leading member of the Reform Committee (Transvaal), in Johanesburg, attempting to liberalize the government of Transvaal Republic President Paul Kruger on behalf of the Uitlander population living in Transvaal. Following the Jameson Raid in November 1895, the members of the Reform Committee were charged with high treason for their colaboration with Jameson. Rhodes, John Hays Hammond, and other leaders of the Committee were sentenced to death in April 1896, only this sentence was later commuted to 15 years’ imprisonment. In June 1896, all members of the Committe were released on payment of a heavy fine. As a punishment for his support of Jameson the British Army placed Rhodes on the retired list and barred him from active involvement in army business. After his release from jail, he immediately joined his brother Cecil and the British South Africa Company in Second Matabele War. City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, not to be confused with the Republic of South Africa, occupied the area later known as the province of Transvaal, first from 1857 to 1877, and again, after a successful Afrikaner rebellion against British rule... Paul Kruger Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as Oom Paul (Afrikaans for Uncle Paul) was a prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa. ... Uitlander was a name given to settlers who came to the Cape Colony after the First Boer War by the Boers (Dutch settlers). ... The Jameson Raid (December 29, 1895 - January 2, 1896) was a raid on Paul Krugers Transvaal Republic carried out by Sir Leander Starr Jameson and his Rhodesian and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895-96. ... Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ... John Hays Hammond (31 March 1855 in San Francisco – 8 June 1936) was an American mining engineer, and father of John Hays Hammond, Jr. ... The flag of the British South Africa Company The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was established by Cecil Rhodes through the amalgamation of the Central Search Association and the Exploring Company, Ltd. ... Burnham & Armstrong after the assassination of Mlimo. ...

In 1898 he joined Gen. Kitchener’s Nile expedition as war correspondent for The Times. At the Battle of Omdurman on September 2 he was shot and severely wounded in the right arm. For his services during that campaign he was restored to the army active list. During the Second Boer War, Rhodes continued to work as a war correspondent. He was trapped for the duration in the Siege of Ladysmith and participated in the Relief of Mafeking. After retiring from the Army in 1903, he served as managing director of the African Trans-Continental Telegraph Company until his death in 1905. Lord Kitchener can refer to: Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, prominent British soldier in Sudan, Boer War, and World War I Any of his heirs who have held the title Earl Kitchener Calypso music singer born Aldwyn Roberts; see: Lord Kitchener (calypsonian) This is a disambiguation page &#8212... A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. ... Combatants Great Britain Sudan Commanders Horatio Kitchener Abdullah al-Taashi Strength 8,000 British, 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian 50,000 Casualties 48 dead 382 wounded Total: 430 10,000 dead 15,000 wounded 5,000 captured {{{notes}}} At the Battle of Omdurman (September 2, 1898) an army commanded by... Combatants United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada Cape Colony Orange Free State South African Republic Commanders Redvers Buller Frederick Roberts Herbert Kitchener Paul Kruger Martinus Steyn Louis Botha Christiaan de Wet Casualties 22,000 6,500 Civilians killed [mainly Boers]: 24,000+ The Second Boer War, commonly referred to as... The Siege of Ladysmith was a famous battle in the Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900. ... The Siege of Ladysmith was a famous battle in the Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900. ...

References

• Cecil Rhodes: A Study of a Career, by Howard Hensman, William Backwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London (1911)
• The truth about the Jameson raid, by John Hays Hammond (1918)