Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet (March 29, 1815 - May 29, 1884) was a British administrator. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...

Portrait of Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Born at Clydach in Brecknockshire, he was the son of Edward Frere and a nephew of John Hookham Frere, of Anti-Jacobin and Aristophanes fame. Download high resolution version (409x644, 53 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (409x644, 53 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Brecknockshire, also known as Breconshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Frycheiniog is an inland traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by Radnorshire, E. by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, S. by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and W. by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. ... John Hookham Frere (May 21, 1769 - January 7, 1846), was an English diplomat and author. ... In the context of the French Revolution, a Jacobin originally meant a member of the Jacobin Club (1789-1794). ... A bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (c. ...

After leaving Haileybury, Bartle Frere was appointed a writer in the Bombay civil service in 1834; having passed his language examination, he was appointed assistant collector at Poona in 1835, and in 1842 he was chosen as private secretary to Sir George Arthur, governor of Bombay. Two years later he became political resident at the court of the rajah of Satara; on the rajah's death in 1848 he administered the province both before and after its formal annexation in 1849. In 1850 he was appointed chief commissioner of Sind. In 1857, he sent detachments to Multan and to Sir John Lawrence in the Punjab in order to secure those locations during the Indian Mutiny. His services were fully recognized by the Indian authorities, and he received the thanks of both houses of parliament and was made K.C.B. The East India Company College was from 1805 to 1858 the college of the British East India Company (EIC). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Pune, formerly called Poona, is the second largest city (after Mumbai) in the state of Maharashtra, India. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the colonial governor of Tasmania; for the Member of Parliament during the early 20th century, see George Arthur (MP). ... A Raja (sometimes spelled Rajah) is a king, or princely ruler. ... Satara is a town and district of Maharashtra state of India. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Masoleum of Rukn-i-Alam Multan is a city in Pakistan and capital of Multan district in the Punjab Province. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (also Panjab) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from the British perspective. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ...

He became a member of the viceroy's council in 1859, and in 1862 was appointed governor of Bombay, where he continued his policy of municipal improvements, establishing the Deccan College at Poona, as well as a college for instructing natives in civil engineering. The collapse of the Bombay Bank in 1866, which he did little to prevent, brought his administration under fire, and in 1867 he returned to England where he was made G.C.S.I., and given honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge; he was also appointed a member of the Indian council. 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures as they related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The article is about the order of chivalry known as Star of India. For other items of the same name, please see disambiguation at Star of India. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...

In 1872 he was sent by the foreign office to Zanzibar to negotiate a treaty with the sultan, Seyyid Burghash, for the suppression of the slave traffic. In 1875 he accompanied the Prince of Wales to Egypt and India, with such success that Lord Beaconsfield asked him to choose between being made a baronet or G.C.B. He chose the former, but the queen bestowed both honours upon him. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar, Tanzania, comprises a pair of islands off the east coast of Africa called Zanzibar (Unguja) (1994 est. ... The word slave has at least two meanings: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The eldest son of the reigning monarch ofEngland/Great Britain is traditionally invested with the title of Prince of Wales. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, 1881) was a British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a title, similar to a knighthood except that it is hereditary, known as a baronetcy. ...

In 1877, Frere was made high commissioner of South Africa by Lord Carnarvon, who hoped that within two years Frere would be the first governor of a South African Dominion. The region was in such a state, however, that during his first year Frere had to cope with a Kaffir war and a rupture with the Cape (Molteno-Merriman) ministry. The Transkei Kaffirs were subjugated early in 1878 by General Thesiger and a small force of regular and colonial troops. The constitutional difficulty was solved by Frere dismissing his obstructive cabinet and entrusting the formation of a ministry to Mr (afterwards Sir) Gordon Sprigg. Frere's solution of these problems was overshadowed by the resignation of Lord Carnarvon in early 1878, at a time when the Zulu leader Cetshwayo was gaining more and more support from discontented South Africans. Frere impressed upon the colonial office his belief that Cetshwayo's army had to be eliminated, an idea that was generally accepted until Frere sent Cetshwayo an ultimatum in December 1878 and the home government realized the problems inherent in a native war. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Rt Hon. ... see Kaphir for more information, kaffir lime for the condiment, kafir for the Muslim equivalent of infidel, kephir for the fermented drink. ... Categories: Stub | South African Bantustans ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (May 31, 1827–April 9, 1905) was a British general. ... The Zulu are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... Cetshwayo kaMpande (circa 1826 - February 8, 1884) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1872 to 1879 and their leader during the Zulu War. ...

Cetshwayo refused British demands, and Frere entrusted enforcement thereof to Lord Chelmsford. On January 11, 1879, British troops crossed the Tugela River; fourteen days later the disaster of Isandlwana was reported, and the House of Commons demanded that Frere be recalled. Beaconsfield supported him, however, and the result was a strange compromise by which he was censured and begged to stay on. Frere wrote an elaborate justification of his conduct, which was adversely commented on by the colonial secretary (Sir Michael Hicks Beach), who "did not see why Frere should take notice of attacks; and as to the war, all African wars had been unpopular." Frere's rejoinder was that no other sufficient answer had been made to his critics, and that he wished to place one on record. "Few may now agree with my view as to the necessity of the suppression of the Zulu rebellion," he wrote. "Few, I fear, in this generation. But unless my countrymen are much changed, they will some day do me justice. I shall not leave a name to be permanently dishonoured." January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Tugela River (also known as Thukela) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... -1... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Rt Hon. ...

The Zulu trouble and the disaffection that was brewing in the Transvaal reacted upon each other in the most disastrous manner. The delay in giving the country a constitution afforded a pretext for agitation to the malcontent Boers, a rapidly increasing minority, while the reverse at Isandlwana had lowered British prestige. Owing to the Kaffir and Zulu wars, Sir Bartle had been unable to give his undivided attention to the state of things in the Transvaal until April 1879, when he was at last able to visit a camp of about 4,000 disaffected Boers near Pretoria. Though conditions were fairly grim, Frere managed to win the Boers' respect by promising to present their complaints to the British government, and to urge the fulfilment of the promises that had been made to them. The Boers did eventually disperse, on the very day upon which Frere received the telegram announcing the government's censure. On his return to Cape Town, he found that his achievement had been eclipsed -- first by the June 1, 1879 death of Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial in Zululand, and then by the news that the government of the Transvaal and Natal, together with the high commissionership in the eastern part of South Africa, had been transferred from him to Sir Garnet Wolseley. Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal was one of the provinces of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. ... Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ... The Battle of Rorkes Drift The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between Britain and the Zulus, and signalled the end of the Zulus as an independent nation. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Pretoria is one of South Africas three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) capital; it is situated in the province of Gauteng. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Napoleon Eugene Louis John Joseph, (March 16, 1856 - June 1, 1879), Prince Imperial, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his wife the Empress Eugénie. ... Zululand was the Zulu-dominated area of what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... 1882 caricature from Punch Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley of Cairo, (June 4, 1833 - March 26, 1913) was a British field marshal. ...

When Gladstone's ministry came into office in the spring of 1880, Lord Kimberley had no intention of recalling Frere. In June, however, a section of the Liberal party memorialized Gladstone to remove him, and the prime minister weakly complied (August 1, 1880). Upon his return Frere replied to the charges relating to his conduct respecting Afghanistan as well as South Africa, previously preferred in Gladstone's Midlothian speeches, and was preparing a fuller vindication when he died at Wimbledon from the effect of a severe chill on May 29, 1884. He was buried in St Paul's, and in 1888 a statue of Frere upon the Thames embankment was unveiled by the prince of Wales. A boarding house at Haileybury was also named after him. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902), English statesman, was born on 7 January 1826, being the eldest son of the Hon. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wimbledon is an area in the London Borough of Merton, south-west London. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...

His Life and Correspondence, by John Martineau, was published in 1895. For the South African anti-confederation view, see P. A. Molteno's Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno (2 vols.,London 1900).

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• Horniman Circle Gardens

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The Horniman Circle Gardens is a large park in South Mumbai, India which encompasses an area of 12,081 square yards (10,101 m²). It is situated in the Fort district in Mumbai and is surrounded by the countrys premiere banks. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

There is a more recent work on Bartle Frere's life entitled "The Zulu and the Raj;The Life of Sir Bartle Frere" by D.P.O'Connor in which details of Frere's life and motives are more fully examined than was permissible in Victorian times when Martineau was writing. In particular, O'Connor points to Frere being a leading thinker on imperial defence and sets the Zulu war in the context of the overall global crisis contingent on the 1877 Balkan War, which was widely expected to result in war between Britain and Russia. Frere was sent out to South Africa to turn this vital area into a secure bastion on the route to India but was distracted from the task by the routine instability of the South African theatre.