Henry Bartle Frere

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British colonial administrator diplomat human

Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.

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Label Occurrences
Henry Bartle Frere canonical 7
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere 2
Sir Henry Bartle Frere 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1815-03-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Clydach, Glamorganshire, Wales ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
causeOfDismissal unauthorized actions leading to Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1884-05-29 ⓘ
describedAs controversial imperial proconsul ⓘ
educatedAt East India Company College ⓘ
surface form: East India Company College, Haileybury
employer British East India Company ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
endTime as Governor of Bombay: 1867 ⓘ
as High Commissioner for Southern Africa: 1880 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Frere ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration in India ⓘ
colonial administration in Southern Africa ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
knownFor confederation policy in Southern Africa ⓘ
controversial policies in Southern Africa ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
name Henry Bartle Frere self-link ⓘ
notableEvent Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
notableWork administration of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
policy leading to the Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
parent Henry Bartle Frere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Frere
participatedIn administration of Sind ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
policy promotion of railway construction in India ⓘ
promotion of telegraph expansion in India ⓘ
support for vernacular education in India ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Commissioner of Sind ⓘ
Governor of Bombay ⓘ
Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
recalledBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
roleIn precipitating the Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
sibling Mary Anne Frere ⓘ
spouse Catherine Arthur ⓘ
startTime as Governor of Bombay: 1862 ⓘ
as High Commissioner for Southern Africa: 1877 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East India Company College → notableAlumni → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa → notableOfficeHolder → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Frere Hall → namedAfter → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere
Governor of Bombay → positionHeldBy → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bartle Frere
Governor of Bombay → positionHeldBy → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Bartle Edward Frere
Henry Bartle Frere → name → Henry Bartle Frere self-link ⓘ
Henry Bartle Frere → parent → Henry Bartle Frere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Frere
Ninth Frontier War → hasCommander → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Frere → notableBearer → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Frere → hasNotablePerson → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Mary Anne Frere → sibling → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Mary Anne Frere → notableRelative → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Catherine Arthur → spouse → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Catherine Arthur → spouseFullName → Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere