See also:

• SIR

SIR DONALD See also:

• CURRIE, JAMES (1756-1805)
• SIR DONALD CURRIE (1825-1909)

CURRIE (1825-1909)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British shipowner, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GREENOCK

Greenock on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1825 . At a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he was employed in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a shipowner in that See also:

• PORT

port, but at the age of eighteen See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland for See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool, where See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping business offered more See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope . By a fortunate See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance he attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief partner in the newly started See also:

• CUNARD, SIR SAMUEL

Cunard steamship See also:

• LINE

line, who found him a See also:

• POST

post in that See also:

• COMPANY

company . In 1849 the Cunard Company started a service between See also:

• HAVRE
• HAVRE, LE

Havre and Liverpool to connect with their transatlantic service . See also:

• CURRIE, JAMES (1756-1805)
• CURRIE, SIR DONALD (1825-1909)

Currie was appointed Cunard See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at Havre and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and secured for his See also:

• FIRM

firm a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . About 1856 he returned to See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

Liver-See also:

• POOL

pool, where till 1862 he held an important position at the Cunard Company's headquarters . In 1862 he determined to strike out for himself, and leaving the Cunard established the " See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle " line of sailing-See also:

• SHIPS

ships between Liverpool and See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . Business prospered, but in 1864 Currie found it profitable to substitute See also:

• LONDON

London for Liverpool as the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home port of his vessels, and himself settled in London . In 1872 he came to the conclusion, after a careful study of all the circumstances, that the development of Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony justified the starting of a new line of steamers between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The result of this decision was the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of the successful Castle line of steamers (see under STEAMSHIP LINES), which after 1876 divided the South See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• MAIL

mail See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract with the older See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union line, and was finally amalgamated with the latter under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Union Castle line in 1900 . Currie's intimate knowledge of South African conditions and persons was on several occasions of material service to the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . His acquaintance with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

Brand, the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of what was then the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State, caused him to be entrusted by the home government with the negotiations in the dispute concerning the ownership of the See also:

• KIMBERLEY
• KIMBERLEY, JOHN WODEHOUSE, 1ST EARL OF (1826-1902)

Kimberley See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, which were brought to a successful conclusion .

He introduced the two See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal deputations which came to England in 1877 and 1878 to protest against See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation, and though his suggestions for a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement were disregarded by the government of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, the terms on which the Transvaal was subsequently restored to the Boers agreed, in essentials, with those he had advised . The first See also:

• NEWS

news of the disaster of See also:

• ISANDHLWANA

Isandhlwana in the Zulu See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War was given to the home government through his agency . At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time there was no See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable between England and South Africa, and the news was sent by a Castle See also:

• LINER, or LINE OF BATTLE

liner to St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent, and telegraphed thence to Currie . At the same time by diverting his outward mail-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat then at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea from its See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary course to St Vincent, he enabled the government to See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph immediate instructions to that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island for See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance thence by the mail, thus saving serious delay, and preventing the annihilation of the British See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at Eshowe . The See also:

• PRESENT

present arrangement under which the British See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty is enabled to utilize certain fast steamers of the See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile marine as armed cruisers in war-time was suggested and strongly urged by Currie in 1880 .. In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was returned to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as Liberal member for See also:

• PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, but, though a strong See also:

• PERSONAL

personal friend of W.E . See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, he was unable to follow that statesman on the Home See also:

• RULE

Rule question, and from 1885 to 1900 he represented See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Perthshire as a Unionist . In 1881 his services in connexion with the Zulu War were rewarded with See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood, and in 1897 he was created G.C.M.G . He died at See also:

• SIDMOUTH
• SIDMOUTH, HENRY ADDINGTON, 1ST VISCOUNT (1757–1844)

Sidmouth on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1909 .