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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

1810) May 22 – Maria Edgeworth, Irish novelist (b. 1767) May 25 – Benjamin D'Urban, British general, colonial administrator (b. 1777) May 28 – Anne Brontë...

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

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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by Eberhardt Otto George von Bock and 500 Portuguese dragoons under Benjamin d'Urban. Hoylet Framingham commanded eight British (RHA: Ross, Bull, Macdonald;...

they formed an alliance with the Cape government in 1835 and Sir Benjamin d'Urban invited 17,000 to settle on the banks of the Great Fish River in the...

Urban (born 1989), American singer Benjamin D'Urban (1777–1849), British general and colonial administrator D'Urban Armstrong (1897–1918), South African...

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...

in 1835 resolved to lay out a town, which they named Durban, after Benjamin D'Urban, then governor of Cape Colony. At the same time the settlers, who numbered...

1805 – William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743) 1849 – Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)...

Thomas Francis Wade Acting (for D'Urban from 10 January 1834) 10 January 1834 to 20 January 1838 Sir Benjamin D'Urban 22 January 1838 to 18 March 1844...

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

Natal, which would later become the port of Durban, so named after Benjamin D'Urban, a governor of the Cape Colony. Boer Voortrekkers in 1838 established...

Paul's Church was built in 1853. Partially funded by a donation from Benjamin D'Urban (for whom the city is named), the church burnt to the ground in 1906...