Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban GCB KCH FRS (16 February 1777 – 25 May 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known...

war with King Ngqika kaMlawu. King William's Town was founded by Sir Benjamin d’Urban in May 1835 during the Xhosa War of that year. The town stands on the...

them land around the Bay. In 1835, the settlement was named after Sir Benjamin D'Urban, then governor of Cape Colony, and became a borough in 1854. From 1860...

Natal is renamed Durban in honor of the Cape Colony Governor, Sir Benjamin d'Urban 12 February - Hintsa ka Khawuta, chief of Gcaleka of the Xhosa tribe...

1944. At the center of this circle stands an obelisk dedicated to Sir Benjamin D'Urban, commander of the British Forces in North America who died in Canada...

and Programme of Action Benjamin D'Urban (1777–1849), British general and colonial administrator, namesake of the city D'Urban Armstrong (1897–1918), South...

British. On 14 April 1835 British governor Sir Benjamin d'Urban confronted King Hintsa with a large army. d'Urban insisted that Hintsa was the leader of the...

Rhodes University, on land that once belonged to the drostdy. When Sir Benjamin D’Urban had the drostdy site converted into fortified barracks in 1835, it...

replaced with the British Guiana dollar. John Murray (1814–1824) Sir Benjamin d'Urban (1824–1831) Demerara rebellion of 1823 Netscher 1888, p. 290. Schomburgk...

Government offices Preceded by Benjamin d'Urban Governor of the Cape Colony 1838–1844 Succeeded by Sir Peregrine Maitland...

under Benjamin d'Urban and forming the advance guard of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington's army. Trelliard's leading brigade routed d'Urban's Portuguese...

Durban residents signed an agreement to form the first D'Urban Club, named after Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape Colony. The newly formed club...

Notre-Dame Street in Little Burgundy. The funeral of Lt.-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban passed down Rue Notre Dame in 1849 and was captured in a painting by...

Chilean political figure (d. 1833) Thomas Day, American judge (d. 1855) Benjamin D'Urban, British general, colonial administrator (d. 1849) Tu'i Malila, Malagasy-born...

petitioned the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Benjamin d'Urban, for permission to rename the village D'Urban in his honour. Permission was duly granted and...

served as headquarters interpreter on the staff of the governor, Sir Benjamin d'Urban, and at the end of the campaign remained on the frontier as clerk to...

These efforts were part of the Governor of the Cape Colony's, Sir Benjamin d'Urban, 1835 defensive plan which includes the building of Fort Selwyn and...

William Coates Palgrave, Resident Magistrate November 1880 to 1882 Benjamin d'Urban Musgrave, Resident Magistrate August 1882 to 13 June 1883 E. J. Whindus...

There were few available soldiers in the colony, but the governor, Sir Benjamin d'Urban acted quickly and all available forces were mustered under Colonel...

subjected to fits of "nervous breakdowns", as described by Brigadier Benjamin D'Urban, Quartermaster-general of the Portuguese Army. He recuperated in February...

circle of friends, including the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Benjamin d'Urban and Colonel Harry Smith. His conduct during the Cape Frontier wars...

Henry Darling, lieutenant-governor of Cape Colony Durbanville – Sir Benjamin d'Urban George – King George III of the United Kingdom Gordon's Bay – Robert...

that, as lieutenant-governor, he was still legally dependent on Sir Benjamin d’Urban, the overall Governor of the Cape, who resented the fact that he had...

German Legion 2nd Dragoons, King's German Legion D'Urban's Portuguese Brigade Brig Gen Benjamin D'Urban 1st Portuguese Dragoons 11th Portuguese Dragoons...

British Imperial troops arrived via Algoa Bay. The British governor, Sir Benjamin d'Urban, mustered the combined forces under Colonel Sir Harry Smith, who reached...

Jackson Commander-in-Chief, North America 1846–1847 Succeeded by Sir Benjamin D'Urban Preceded by Sir Arthur Clifton Colonel of the 11th (Prince Albert's...

Adelaide) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, as well as Sir Benjamin D'Urban's short-lived colony in the same area, Queen Adelaide Province. Queen's...

(1814 to 1826). After the 6th Xhosa War (1834–1835), Governor Sir Benjamin d'Urban authorised construction of a fort at the site of the original blockhouse...

he vigorously set himself to civilize and benefit. But though Sir Benjamin D'Urban, the high commissioner, supported Smith, the ministry in London reversed...

1813 – 23 May 1813) John Murray (23 May 1813 – 26 April 1824) Sir Benjamin d'Urban (26 April 1824 – 21 July 1831) 1823: Jack Gladstone of Plantation Success...