Personalities, Surname J

Jabavu, Tengo

Editor of a native Cape Colonial paper, Imvo, which was suppressed under martial law regulations during the Boer War for publishing inflammatory articles against British rule.

Jackson, Captain Frederick George

Born at Alcester Lodge in 1860, and is the eldest son of Geo. F Jackson, of Cheltenham. He was educated at Edinburgh University, and has explored in the central deserts of Australia and in Waigatz. He made a famous journey across the Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra in midwinter, and was leader of the Jackson-Harms worth Polar Expedition; served through the Boer War, commanding a company in the 6th Mounted Infantry, also on the staff of a column as Provost Marshal (despatches, medal, and five clasps). Publications—The Great Frozen Land, A Thousand Days in the Arctic, &c, and a paper before the Royal Society of London, entitled An Experimental Enquiry into Scurvy, in conjunction with Vaughan Harley, MD, and other papers and articles. He has shot big game in South Africa, the Arctic Regions, America, Australia, and elsewhere. He married, in 1898, Marjorie, third daughter of Colonel R C Dalrymple Bruce.

Jackson, Hugh Marrison Gower

He was born at Maritzburg, Sep 18, 1870, and is son of John Otter Jackson, a former magistrate of Natal. He was educated in England, and in 1889 became student interpreter attached to office of Secretary, for Native Affairs, Natal; thereafter, until 1895, filled various posts in Native Department, Natal; was appointed a Native Comm. in Matabeleland in 1895; took part in suppression of native rising of 1896, as lieutenant in Gifford's Horse; acted on two occasions as Chief Native Commissioner, also as Government nominee on Native Labour Board; is an assistant magistrate for the Bulawayo District, and commands the Matopo troop of the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers. He married, in 1897, Martha Lawson, daughter of T W Greer, of Ixopo, Natal.

Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Milbourne, RE

Served in the Burmese Expedition in 1887-8, and in the Boer War in 1899-1902 on the Staff, including the operations in the Orange Free State, and at Paardeberg, being present at the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River, the operations in the Transvaal, and the actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, QSA with four clasps, and KSA with two clasps). In 1902 he was on Special Commission in connection with the Transvaal-Natal boundary, and in 1903 he was appointed Surveyor General for the Transvaal, with a scat on the Legislative Council.

Jameson, Dr The Hon Leander Starr, Member of the Legislative Assembly, CB (1894)

Was born in Edinburgh Feb 9, 1853, and is one of many children of H W Jameson, WS He was educated at Godolphin School, Hammersmith, and studied medicine at London University, graduating MB and BS 1875, MRCS Eng. 1875,andMD 1877. He then went to America, and on his return to England was offered the post of Consulting Physician to the Kimberley Hospital and a partnership in the practice of Dr Prince of that town. Proceeding there he was soon recognised' as one of the leading members of his profession, with what was probably the best practice in SA From this period dates his friendship with Cecil Rhodes. In 1881 Dr Jameson came to Europe on a holiday, and from the time of his return to SA began his interest in the historic movement known as the Northern Expansion. He accompanied Dr F Rutherfoord Harris and Rochfort Maguire, MP, on a special mission to Lobengula (whom he treated for gout); and it was perhaps owing to this fact that the mission was successful in accomplishing its objects. On his return to Kimberley Dr Jameson again returned to the practice of his profession until Sep 1889, when with Major Maxwell, Major Frank Johnson, and Mr Denis Doyle he unofficially accompanied another mission to Lobengula. On the occupation of Mashonaland Mr Colquhoun was administrator of that territory, but Dr Jameson held Mr Rhodes' power of attorney. During these early days he had to endure a course of self-denial so severe that nothing but the most single-minded devotion to his self-imposed duties could have carried him through. Long wanderings through the 'flybelt' with Major Johnson in search of the East Coast route, endless troubles with his sorelv-tried pioneers, imminent prospects (sometimes realised) of conflicts with Boer trekkers, Matabele and Portuguese—these were some of the propositions which required his infinite patience, tact, courage, and hard work combat. Eventually reaching Kimberley again, November 15, 1890, he left once more for Mashonaland on Dec 2 with some officials of the Chartered Company At Rhodes' Drift he met the Boer expedition organised by General Joubert to set up a new republic of Banjai in Chartered territory, and with great tact and firmness prevented the Boers from crossing the Crocodile River. On Sep 18, 1891, Dr Jameson succeeded Mr Colquhoun as Chief Magistrate and Administrator of Mashonaland; he took over also the administration of Matabeleland from Sep, 1894, and in Oct following was appointed Resident Commissioner of the territories along the western border of the SAR, north of Bechuanaland. These posts he relinquished in 1895 in consequence of his complicity in the Jameson Raid. It is difficult to say when Dr Jameson's connection with the Transvaal Reform movement first originated. He possibly for years had in mind the part which he was to play. However at may be, arrangements were made between the Reform leaders and Dr Jameson as early as Sep, 1895, that he would maintain a force of some 1,500 mounted men with Maxims and field artillcry on the western border of the Transvaal (ostensibly in case of difficulties with the Bechuanaland natives), and the seizure of the Pretoria fort and the railway was planned in conjunction with local levies. That was the original idea, but the arrangements were modified. The Johannesburg leaders appear to have somewhat regretted that they had invited outside aid, and it was agreed with Mr Rhodes in November, 1895, that the BBP and other troops should be kept across the border only as moral support or for assistance in case the Uitlanders found themselves in 'a tight place', for which eventuality an undated letter, signed by the leaders, was handed to Dr Jameson towards the end of November, setting forth the condition of affairs and inviting him to come to their assistance. This letter was mainly to justify the doctor before the British Govt, and the Directors of the Chartered Company Dates for the invasion were tentatively fixed, but the Secretary, of the Reform Committee has recorded that the primary condition of these arrangements was that under no circumstances should Dr Jameson move without receiving the word from the Johannesburg party. Doubts were then entertained as to whether there was not some underlying intention on the part of Mr Cecil Rhodes and the doctor to come in under the British flag, and so strong did these suspicions become that emissaries were sent to Mr Rhodes (Dec 25) to get his clear pronouncement that they were cooperating for a reformed and representative republic only, and the next day officers were dispatched to Dr Jameson to emphatically prohibit any movement on his part, and explaining the flag difficulty and the unpreparedness of the Uitlanders. But the doctor began to reveal an impatience which no protest either from the Committee, from Mr Rhodes, or from individuals at Johannesburg could restrain. On Dec 28, 1895, he wired, "I shall start without fail tomorrow night," and he left accordingly with 8 Maxims, two seven-pounders, one twelve-pounder, and about 480 well mounted men. Such was the consternation produced by this act that the first impulse was to repudiate the doctor's interference. But that was of course impossible. Maxims had already been placed in position round Johannesburg, and some 2,000 rifles distributed, and now earth works were thrown up and defensive measures hastily taken. The force left Pitsani at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, and in spite of messages received from the High Commissioner, the British Agent, and the Reform leaders, warning Dr Jameson to withdraw his troops, he continued to Krugersdorp (1 50 miles), which he reached at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Near here, at the Queen's mile, the invaders suffered a small reverse, and withdrew, the firing being carried on until 11 p.m. During the night the Boers were reinforced with guns, Maxims, and men, bringing up their numbers to 1,200 or 1,500 men. Dr Jameson seemed quite unacquainted with the locality, and relied in the guidance of a local man, who led him into the strong position held by the Boers at Doornkop, Vlakfontein. He made a desperate attempt to break through, his men behaving with great gallantry. But the position was unassailable, and the force surrendered at 9.15 on Thursday morning, conditionally on the lives of all his force being spared. The casualties were 18 killed and about 441 wounded, while the Boers owned to 4 killed and 5 wounded. Dr Jameson was handed over by Mr Kruger's Govt, to the British Govt, for trial in London. Following on the police court proceedings, he was tried at Bar on the charge of having contravened the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870 by organizing and heading a hostile expedition from Pitsani-Pitlogo against a friendly power. The trial commenced on June 20, 1896, at the High Court of Judicature, and lasted seven days. He was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment as a first-class misdemeanant for fifteen months. He was, however, released from Holloway in the following Dec on account of illness. After a partial retirement for some years, Dr Jameson returned to SA, serving in the war (1899-1900), during which time he was besieged in Ladysmith, doing useful work until he was himself laid up with enteric. In 1900 he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Kimberley, and made his maiden speech in the House on Aug 28, 1902, in which he hoped that the Jameson Raid might now be forgotten. Seceding from the Sprigg party, he identified himself with the Suspension movement, and was eventually (June 8, 1903) elected leader of the new Progressive party, which, after a long and difficult struggle, entailing considerable organizing powers, tact, control, and restraint, he lad to victory at the general election in Feb, 1904, himself being returned as member for Grahamstown. The Progressives being in a majority of five in the new assembly, and of one in the Council, and Sir Gordon Sprigg having been defeated at the poll, the resignation of the Ministry followed as a matter of course, and a new Cabinet was immediately formed by Dr Jameson, consisting of himself as Premier with charge of Native Affairs, Colonel Crewe as Colonial Secretary, E H Walton as Treasurer, Dr Smart as Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, Victor Sampson as Attorney General, Arthur Fuller as Secretary, for Agriculture, and Sir Lewis Michell as Minister without portfolio, all of whom are referred to more particularly in other pages. The Premier will have to exercise all his qualities of leadership to achieve the objects of his party, the immediate task being the passing of an equitable redistribution bill, and the ultimate aim of the Imperial federation of British South Africa. But in spite of certain limitations, he possesses that knowledge of men and affairs, patience, sobriety of thought and action, imagination, capacity for hard work, and that necessary amount of daring which make for success. If he has not the magnetic power of a commanding personality, he certainly docs not fail in inspiring friendship and zeal, courage, and persistence. He is accessible and suave, well able to bear extremes of fortune, and has never yet forgiven his one great failure. To the department over which Dr Jameson now presides he brings a close knowledge of native character and a keen appreciation of the necessity of raising the status and usefulness of the native. Dr Jameson is a Director of the British SA Company, and of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, and by the last codicil of Mr Cecil Rhodes' will, he was appointed a co executor and trustee thereof.

Jarvis, Captain Charles Francis Cracroft

Born in 1875, and entered the Yorks Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant in 1896. He served in the Boer War in 1899-1901; present at the Relief of Kimberley and the operations in the Orange Free State, including Paardeberg and the actions at Vet River and Zand River; the operations in the Transvaal and the actions near Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Diamond Hill, and the operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, and in Cape Colony, including the actions at Belfast and Colesburg (despatches and QSA with five clasps). Captain Jarvis is acting as Adjutant of the Royal Scots Volunteer Brigade in Edinburgh. He married, in 1906, Mrs Johnston Stewart, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, Bart., and widow of Captain Johnston Stewart, of Physgill.

Jeffreys, Brigadier General Henry Byron, CB

orn in 1854, and is son of General Jeffreys, CB He joined the Royal Artillery in 1873, from which he was seconded in 1890 as AAG in the Madras Army until 1894; acted as Brigade Major in the Royal Artillery at Aldershot from 1896-8, and served in the Boer War in 1899-1901 in command of a Brigade Division of the Royal Horse Artillery, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal, including the engagements near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill; in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, including the actions at Riet Vlei and Belfast, and in Cape Colony north and south of the Orange River, in command of a column (despatches, QSA with five clasps, and brevet of Colonel). From 1901-3 he was in command of the Royal Horse Artillery at Aldershot. He married, in 1888, Marion, daughter of Captain W. F Burlton-Bennet.

Jenner, Sir Walter K W, 2nd Baronet, Major 9th Lancers

Entered, 9th Lancers, 1880; Major, 1898.  Staff service: DAAG for Inst, Curragh, 1896.

Jennings, Sidney Johnston

The son of James R Jennings, his mother being a daughter of Alfred Hennen, a lawyer of New Orleans. He was born Aug 13, 1863, in Hancock County, Kentucky, USA, and was educated at Tours, France, Hanover, Germany, and Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University Mr Jennings acquired a practical knowledge of mining in the quicksilver mines of New Almaden and the Copper Mines of the Anaconda Company He went to SA as Manager of the Willows Copper (Argentiferous) Synd., Ltd, in 1890, and was appointed Assist. General Manager of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd Mr Jennings went to the Rand in 1893 as Manager of the Crown Deep, Ltd, and was appointed General Manager of the Crown Reef G M Company in 1896; he joined H Eckstein & Company's Mining Department in 1899, and was appointed Consulting Engineer to that firm in 1900, and is also Consulting Engineer to the Robinson G M Company, the Crown Reef, Bonanza, Robinson Central Deep, Ferreira, City and Suburban, Village Deep, New Modderfontein, Henry Nourse, Turf Mines, Ltd, etc. Mr Jennings was member of the Johannesburg Town Council from December, 1901, to April, 1903, when he did very good service as Chairman of the Works Committee. He has also taken a great interest in education; is a member of the Governing body of the Transvaal Technical Institute, and is also a member of many scientific societies. He married, Aug 18, 1903, Amy Florence Valby, daughter of Colonel Philip Dassie Home, RHA.

Jeppe, Carl

Born at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1858, and was educated in Germany and Pretoria. He went to the Transvaal in 1870, entering the Govt, service as Public Prosecutor for the Waterberg in 1877. He was admitted to practise as advocate at the Transvaal Bar in 1884, and in the early days of the Rand he became joint owner of the Johannesburg Suburbs—Jeppestown and Fordsburg. He was member of the Diggers' Committee in 1877; Chairman of the Chamber of Mines in 1888, and Member of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines in the following year. Mr Jeppe was elected Member of the Second Raad for the Rand Gold Fields in 1891, but was unseated on the ground of informality and declined to stand again. He was, however, returned as Member for Johannesburg to the First Raad in 1893. He was strongly in favour of extending the franchise to the newcomers under certain conditions; advocated a spirited railway policy and the remodeling of the financial system of the State. During the 1894 session he was the mainstay of the Progressives in the Raad, and fought valiantly in the interests of the Uitlanders. His plea for the alien during the Franchise debate was said by the Argus Annual to have been recognised as the finest piece of oratory ever heard in the Raadzaal, and his speech won over several members of his side who were previously undecided. At the conclusion of the session he was publicly thanked for his efforts in the cause of his constituents. Since the Boer War Mr Jeppe retired from the practice of his profession, and has resided in Cape Town.

Jeppe, Julius, JP

Son of Dr Jeppe, of Rostock. He was born Sep 22 1855, at Swellendam, Cape Colony, and was educated at the SA College. He has had a long commercial career, having been connected with shipping, produce, and manufacturing interests in South Africa since 1880— for fourteen years in the Transvaal, and now in Cape Town. His official positions are Consul for Denmark, Consul for Greece, Justice of the Peace for Cape Town and District, and Member of Cape Town Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Shooting and riding. He married, Sep 24, 1884, Julia, eldest daughter of Captain Richard Ellis, ship-owner, of London.

Jeppe, Julius

Born at Butzow, Germany, in July, 1859, and is son of Julius Jeppe, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was educated at Butzow and Pretoria. In 1876 he took part in the Secocoeni War, and in the Boer War in 1880, when he held a commission in the Pretoria Carabineers. He also served in the Boer War in 1899, being taken prisoner at Graspan, subsequently doing parole duty. He as a member of the Sanitary Board from 1890-99; Alderman from 1898-9; member of the Town Council from 1893-5; and is a Director of the Rhodesian Exploration and Development Company, Ltd, Rhodesian Banket Company, and West Rhodesian Banket Company He is also a member of the Executive of the Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines, Member of the Water Board, and of the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association, and figures on the Committee of the Landowners' Association. Mr Jeppe is Hon Colonel of the Boys' Brigade Cadet Corps, and is connected with nearly every sporting club in Johannesburg. He is steward of the Hockey and the Johannesburg Turf Clubs, and has for many years been chairman, and now vice president, of the Wanderers' Club; and has shot lots of kinds of big game of South Africa. He married, in April, 1891, Grace, daughter of Charles Owen.

Jervis, Major Sir J H H, 4th Baronet

Entered RA 1877; Major 1895.  War service: Boer War, 1879; Zulu Campaign (medal with clasp); Boer War, 1899-1900 (Despatches).

Johnson, Major Frank

Born in Norfolk and was educated at King's Lynn Gram. School; came out to SA in 1882, and for two years was a member of the Cape Civil Service. In 1884 he led the 2nd Mounted Rifles under Colonel (now General) Sir Frederick Carrington, and took in the Warren Expedition to Bechuanaland, at the close of which he joined the Bechuanaland Border Police, in which corps he met his future partners, Maurice Heany and H J Borrow. Drawn north by the reports of wealth in the interior, he left the BBP early in 1886, and at Cape Town formed a small syndicate to obtain concessions in the Protectorate and in Lobengula's country. He was successful in getting a big concession in Khama's territory, which led to the foundation of the Bechuanaland Exploration Company. He then went to Lobengula's kraal, where he was one of the first white men who dared to ask the sable chief for a mineral concession. In 1889 Mr Rhodes obtained his charter, and in the following year set about the effective occupation of Mashonaland, making, on somewhat original lines, a contract with Frank Johnson to carry out the occupation, in which the latter was assisted by two troops of BSA Police, F C Selous acting as Intelligence Officer and Frank Johnson getting the Colonial rank of Major—in other words he was practically, and came to be known as, the 'Contractor' for Mashonaland. The chief commander of the whole expedition was Colonel Pennefather. After the occupation of Mashonaland he settled down in partnership with Heany and Borrow, and acquired a number of mining and landed interests, which ultimately were merged into the United Rhodesia, Ltd Captain Borrow was killed at Shangani in the first Matabele War, and Major Heany afterwards associated himself with the Partridge and Jarvis group. From 1890 Major Johnson made his headquarters at Cape Town, where he held a commission and took an active interest in the Cape Volunteer Forces. In 1896 he was one of the two Colonial officers chosen by the Cape Govt, as members of the Commission appointed by Parliament to inquire into the defences and forces of Cape Colony, the other members being Imperial officers. The scheme of defence finally recommended by the Commission was chiefly based on that of Canada. At the end of 1896, at the outbreak of native troubles in Bechuanaland, Major Johnson was appointed Staff Officer of the Colonial Forces at the headquarters in Cape Town, and when an expedition was finally dispatched to the Langeberg early in the ensuing year, under Colonel Dalgety, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, Major Johnson was appointed Chief Staff Officer. At the close of the expedition he was specially thanked by the Cape Government for his services. For the next three years he resided with his family in Salisbury. Rhodesia, as Managing Director of the Mashonaland Consolidated, Limited. In 1900 he returned to England, and settled down in London as a Rhodesian financier and company director. He is now Chairman of the Rhodesia Consolidated, Ltd, and the Injoka (Rhodesia) Tobacco Company, Ltd, and is on the Boards of the Golden Valley (Mashonaland) Mines, Ltd, the Mashonaland Consolidated, the Rhodesia Cold Storage Company, Ltd, and the Rhodesia Mining and Finance Company, Ltd He also took a leading part in the formation of the Rhodesian Landowners' Association. He is a good game shot, an habitual motorist, and is married.

Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel David William

Born at Newhaven Oct 12, 1856. He is principal medical officer to the Transvaal Volunteers, and commands the Vol. Medical Staff Corps.

Johnston, Colonel Duncan Alexander, CB, RE

The son of Henry Johnston, HEICS He was educated at Trinity College, Glenamond, and entered the Royal Engineers in 1868. From 1899-1905 he acted as Director-General, of the Ordnance Survey, and in 1906 he was a member of the South African Committee of Inquiry. He married, in 1883, Clara, daughter of F H Mackenzie.

Jones, James

Born in 1850. Trained as a chemist, he went to South Africa and settled in Cape Town. In 1882 he was elected one of the first vice-presidents of the Pharmaceutical Society of Cape Colony, and is now President. He served as a captain with the Prince of Wales's Light Horse in the Boer War (QSA), having previously assisted in the formation of the First Mounted Infantry Company ever raised in South Africa, a branch of the Army which was immensely augmented during the Boer War . He married, first, in 1876, Mary, daughter of Thos. Harries (died 1890), and, secondly, in 1898, Persis, daughter of W R Thomas.

Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Morey Quayle, CB, 2nd Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 

He was born March 5, 1855, and is second son of the Reverend C W Jones. He was educated at Wellington College He joined the 6th Royal Regiment in 1873, and was Captain in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1883; was Major in the 4th Pioneer Bechuanaland Field Force in 1884; Adjutant in the Auxiliary Forces in 1886, and Major in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1890. From 1891-4 he was commandant of the School of Instruction, Aux. Forces, at Aldershot, and Acting AAG for prisoners of war at Bermuda in 1901. His war services include the Bechuanaland Expedition in 1884, the Nile Expedition in 1898, when he was present at the Battle of Atbara (CB), and the Boer War in 1899. He married, in 1888, Isabel, daughter of Maitland Dash wood.

Jones, Major W D, Wiltshire Regiment

A very difficult and onerous appointment is that of Press Censor, which is filled by Major Jones, Wiltshire Regiment. The Press Censor must suffer nothing to pass which may in any degree be of advantage to the enemy, and yet must enable all legitimate curiosity to be satisfied at home. Major Jones appears to have executed his delicate functions with discrimination and tact, and the knowledge of South Africa which he gained during the Zulu War must have been very valuable to him in the performance of his duties.

 

Jordison, Frank Lloyd

He is the son of Dr Robert Jordison, of Hornchurch, Essex. He was born July 28, 1866, at Hornchurch, and was educated at the Albert Memorial College, Framingham, Suffolk. He left England for South Africa in Dec, 1888, and proceeded to Johannesburg, and from there to Bulawayo in 1894. He is one of the pioneers of Rhodesia; served as Lieutenant, in the '96 Rebellion, and raised the Gwelo Troop of the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers, of which he became Captain, resigning his commission in July, 1903 (medal). Recreations: shooting and all kinds of sports.

Judd, Captain Bertram Christopher

Born in Essex, Sep 28, 1873, and was educated at Bedford Grammar School Joining the CMR in 1893, he was appointed Lieutenant, in 1900, and served through the Boer War with the CMR, being severely wounded at Magato Nek in Aug, 1900. He was Supply and Transport Officer in No. 1 Division of the Cape Colony from Jan 1, 1902, till the end of the war, receiving the QSA with clasps for Wepener, Wittebergen, Cape Colony, and Transvaal, and the KSA with two clasps. He also received the Jubilee medal in 1897. In Sep, 1904, he was appointed Adjt. of the Kaffrarian Rifles, with rank of Captain in the CCF Recreations: rowing, golf, and tennis. Unmarried.

Jurisch, Carl Heinrich Leopold Max

Surveyor General of Cape Colony.  Was born at Jammi, West Prussia. Educated at Orandeny and Berlin. He entered the German Army in 1860, was promoted Captain in the Royal Artillery in 1871. In the interval he fought in the wars of Prussia against Denmark (1864), against Austria (1866), and against France (1870-1). For his distinguished services he received the decoration of the Iron Cross on the battlefield of Sedan. In 1872 he went to SA, and obtained (July, 1878) the appointment of Colonel Government Land Surveyor; was appointed Acting Examiner of Diagrams, April, 1879; Examines of Diagrams, July, 1882; University Examiner in Science, 1891; Second Assistant Surveyor-General, July, 1892; First Assistant, July, 1897; and Surveyor-General, Aug 10, 1902. He received the thanks of Lord Kitchener for assistance rendered in compiling maps during the Boer War of 1899-1902. He married, Sep 2, 1872, the Countess Marie Antoinette de Marillac.

Juta, Hon Sir Henry Hubert

He was born at Cape Town in 1858, and is of Dutch extraction. He was educated in Cape Colony and in England; was admitted an advocate of the Supreme Court of Cape Colony in 1880, and devoted himself mainly to law reporting and Chamber practice. He was also formerly Law Examiner at the Cape University. He was Judge of the High Court of Griqualand West; was appointed a special Commissioner in the settlement of the Swaziland difficulties in 1890; became Attorney-General on Mr Schreiner's resignation in 1893, but resigned that office in Sep, 1894. From 1896 to 1898 he was Speaker of the Cape Parliament, and he coalesced with the Progressive Party in the endeavour to persuade the Colonial Secretary, to agree to the temporary suspension of the Cape Constitution towards the end of the Boer War . He was last returned to the Cape Parliament in Feb, 1904, and was offered office in Dr Jameson's Cabinet, which, however, he did not sec his way to accept. Sir Henry is a partner in the great publishing firm of Juta & Company, of Cape Town, and married a daughter of Mr M M Tait.