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    Sir Theophilus Shepstone KCMG (8 January 1817 – 23 June 1893) was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal...
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    Natal. Port Shepstone was founded in 1867 when marble was discovered near the Mzimkhulu River mouth and is named after Sir Theophilus Shepstone of the Natal...
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  • Slavic. Theophilus may refer to: Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber Theophilus Clarke...
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    exaggerating the significance of a number of recent incidents. By 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, the British Secretary for Native Affairs in Natal, annexed the Transvaal...
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    be appointed as Protector of Immigrants for Zululand in 1874 by Theophilus Shepstone.: 78  Another important business income for Dunn was hunting.: 86 ...
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  • Mike Shepstone (born in 1943), English drummer of The Rokes band Paul Shepstone (born in 1970), English professional footballer Theophilus Shepstone (1817–1893)...
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    transition; Cetshwayo was installed as king on 1 September 1873. Sir Theophilus Shepstone, who annexed the Transvaal to the Cape Colony, crowned Cetshwayo...
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    of Carnarvon who obtained permission from Disraeli to appoint Sir Theophilus Shepstone (known by the Zulu honorific as Somtseu meaning '’father of the nation'’)...
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    this fact, together with the shaky financial position, gave Sir Theophilus Shepstone the pretext he required to annex the republic [as the Transvaal,...
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    Pietermaritzburg, where he was befriended by Bishop Colenso, and he joined Theophilus Shepstone on an expedition to crown King Cetshwayo. Durnford had a close relationship...
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    Nonetheless, this ritual changed during colonisation because in 1869, Theophilus Shepstone, then Natal Secretary for Native Affairs, formalized the ilobolo...
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    Carnarvon, Colonial Secretary under Benjamin Disraeli, gave Sir Theophilus Shepstone of Natal a special commission to confer with the South African Republic's...
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    the Cape to avoid the British and then founded their republics. Theophilus Shepstone annexed the South African Republic in 1877 for the British Empire...
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    Colony of Natal. In 1876, he was transferred to the staff of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Special Commissioner for the Transvaal. It was in this role that...
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    way to England to lay a formal protest against the proclamation of Theophilus Shepstone asserting British sovereignty over the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek...
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    prevented any attacks from Cetshwayo, who had been crowned by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1873. In addition, the Transvaal Boers wanted to assert their...
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    sentiment in the aftermath of the war, and was a vocal opponent of Theophilus Shepstone and John Robert Dunn, Cetshwayo's former adviser who sided with the...
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  • Shepstone KStJ (7 February 1888 – 30 June 1966) was a South African politician. Born in Durban, the grandson of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Shepstone studied...
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    Sir Theophilus Shepstone was sent by Lord Carnarvon (British Secretary of the Colonies) as a special commissioner to the Transvaal. Shepstone did not...
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  • David Hume, who becomes an explorer and big-game hunter. 8 January – Theophilus Shepstone, British administrator in South Africa is born in Westbury-On-Trym...
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    of the South African Republic (Transvaal) on 12 April 1877 by Sir Theophilus Shepstone, secretary for native affairs of Natal. Although the British had...
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  • and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812) 1893 – Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817) 1914 – Bhaktivinoda Thakur...
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    “Umkomaas”. The area came into prominence in the mid-19th century when Theophilus Shepstone, the Secretary for Native Affairs, proposed the establishment of...
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  • South African Republic (Z.A.R.) Boers. It was precipitated by Sir Theophilus Shepstone, who annexed the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) for...
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  • advisers, including the egregious and venal Theophilus ‘Offy’ Shepstone, the eldest son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone. These concessions were to be the subject...
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    expensive war against Sekhukhune north of the Steelpoort River. This led Theophilus Shepstone to annex the Transvaal on 12 April 1877 on behalf of the British...
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    annexation of the South African Republic (ZAR) on 12 April 1877 by Sir Theophilus Shepstone, a secretary for native affairs of Natal at that time. The Second...
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    British forces entered Vryheid, the capital. Arthur Jesse Shepstone, son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, the former secretary of native affairs in the British...
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  • Pearson on the 13th Aug 1849 in Pietermaritzburg and accompanied Theophilus Shepstone as adviser to the Transvaal in 1877. Education in Hilton includes...
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    First annexation Administrators 12 April 1877 to 4 March 1879 Sir Theophilus Shepstone 4 March 1879 to 8 August 1881 Owen Lanyon From 6 April 1880, Sir...
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