See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

SIDNEY See also:

• GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, EARL

GODOLPHIN See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• SIR SIDNEY GODOLPHIN ALEXANDER SHIPPARD (1838-1902)

SHIPPARD (1838-1902)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British colonial See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, was the eldest son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• SHIPPARD, SIR SIDNEY GODOLPHIN ALEXANDER (1838-1902)

Shippard, 29th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

Regiment . He was educated at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College school and See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . Taking his degree in 1863, he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar as a member of the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple in 1867 . He then entered upon a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long career in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . He was See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of Griqualand See also:

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

West from 1873 until 1877, when he was made acting See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of the High See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Griqua-See also:

• LAND

land . From 188o to 1885 he sat as a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the Supreme Court of Cape See also:

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

Colony; and he was British See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner on the Anglo- See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in 1884–1885 for settling the claims of British subjects at See also:

• ANGRA, or ANGRA

Angra Pequena and other parts of the south-west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Shippard, while at Oxford in 1878, had discussed with See also:

• CECIL

Cecil See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of the projected British advance in south central Africa . He saw in the German See also:

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

annexation of See also:

• DAMARALAND

Damaraland and See also:

• NAMAQUALAND

Namaqualand the first step in a See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design to secure for See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany territory stretching from ocean to ocean—a design which if executed would have been fatal to the British position in South Africa . Consequently when after the See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren expedition of 1885 he was chosen to organize the newly acquired British possessions in See also:

• BECHUANALAND (a name given from its inhabitants, the Bechuana, q.v.)

Bechuanaland he saw in his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment an opportunity for See also:

• FORESTALLING

forestalling the Germans, and also the See also:

• BOER

Boer adventurers who likewise sought to be beforehand with See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain in the countries See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• LIMPOPO, or CROCODILE

Limpopo . From his first See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment in Bechuanaland he kept up a friendly See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele king Lobengula with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of attaching him to the British cause . At the end of 1887 he went to See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham's See also:

• TOWN

Town with the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of inducing the high commissioner (See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson —afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROSMEAD, HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, 1ST BARON (1824-1897)

Rosmead) to See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction the conclusion of a treaty with Lobengula binding that ruler not to cede any See also:

• PART

part of his territory to any other See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power than See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . " I used all my power of persuasion," Sir See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney writes, " but failed to induce Lord Rosmead either to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act on his own responsibility in the See also:

• MATTER

matter or to approach Her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's 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 on the subject .

As a last resource I telegraphed to Mr Rhodes, who was then busily engaged at See also:

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

Kimberley, to come down at once to Graham's Town and try the effect of his eloquence . He came, and by taking upon himself all pecuniary responsibility succeeded in obtaining the requisite sanction" (see See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article "Bechuanaland," by Sir S . Shippard, in British Africa, See also:

• LONDON

London,1899) . The treaty was signed and British interests secured . Shippard was thenceforth freer to devote himself to the See also:

• SPECIAL

special interests of Bechuanaland, which he governed with conspicuous success . He held the See also:

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

chief See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official position there from 1885 to 1895, being administrator, chief See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate and 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 the Land Commission for British Bechuanaland, and See also:

• RESIDENT

resident -commissioner for the Bechuanaland See also:

• PROTECTORATE

Protectorate and the See also:

• KALAHARI

Kalahari . He was created K.C.M.G. in 1887 . In 1896 he played an unofficial part in the negotiations between Sir Hercules Robinson and the Johannes-See also:

• BURG

burg reformers after the See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson See also:

• RAID

Raid . He then returned to England, where he died on the 29th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1902 .