Person Frere; Sir; Henry Bartle Edward (1815 - 1884) Frere Henry Bartle Edward Sir 1815 - 1884 British Male Clydach, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom 29 March 1815 18150329 Wimbledon, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 29 May 1884 18840529 Burial: St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Europe

Colonial official Natural history Religion Education: Haileybury College; East India Company College Career: Joined the Bombay Civil Service (1834); Assistant Collector, Poona; Private Secretary to Sir George Arthur, Governor of Bombay (1842); Commissioner at Scinde (1850-1859); Governor of Bombay (1862-1867); Member of Council of the Secretary of State for India (1866-1877); Privy Councillor (1873); received the Freedom of the City of London (1874); accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour in India (1875); Governor of Cape Colony and High Commission for South Africa (1877); as Governor implemented a set of policies which attempted to impose a British confederation on the region and led to the overthrow of the Cape's first elected government in 1878 and a string of regional wars, culminating in theAnglo-Zulu war (1879), Basotho Gun War (1880) and the First Boer War (1880-1881); recalled to England to face charges of misconduct (1880) charged with having acted recklessly, and censured by Parliament; Mount Bartle Frere (1622m), the highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, is named after him; The botanist, N. A. Dalzell (1864) named the plant genus Frerea in his honour "not only as a mark of esteem and respect, but also because he always has been the enlightened encourager and promoter of scientific researches in India, and is himself a close observer of nature." Honours: KCB 1859; GCSI 1867; Bt 1876; GCB 1876 Memberships: Royal Asiatic Society (President 1872); Royal Society of South Africa (founder and President, 1877) Son of Edward Frere and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of James Greene; younger brother of George Edward Frere (FRS 1837); grandson of John Frere (FRS 1771); married (10 October 1844) Catherine, daughter of Sir George Arthur, Governor of Bombay Fellow 03/05/1877 62 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Vanity Fair 20 September 1873 Notes: Boase gives birth date as 29 March 1815; BR gives 15 March 1815 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Mar 1815 - 29 May 1884 NA6536 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/47066410/#Frere,_Bartle,_1815-1884 d88e08ed-b3a5-41f2-9e14-eb630728ce11