Born Basford, Nottinghamshire, England. Died ?—————- Framework knitter, soldier, accommodation house keeper, labourer. 1840. 07.00 Enlisted in the 45th Regiment, born Basford (Notts.), framework knitter, enlistment no. 1887. (WO 12/5759. Pay list Oct. to Dec. 1849) 1845.08.27 Son b. (R. Wes., Dbn) 1846.05.21 Son James bap., mother’s name Ann. (Ibid.) 1849.10.00 A private in the 45th, discharged at Fort Napier,...

Born Basford, Nottinghamshire, England. Died 1864, Lower Illovo River, Natal. Framework knitter, soldier, arrowroot grower, cane farmer, accommodation house keeper. 1841.02.00 Enlisted in the 45th Regiment, born Basford, Notts., framework knitter, enlistment no. 1992. (WO 12/5771. Pay list Oct. – Dec. 1857) 1851.07.07 The Jane Morice arrived at Port Natal from Liverpool. On board was Betsy Turner*, a servant. (NW...

Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers Fort Napier and the British Imperial Garrison How a distant garrison of the British Empire shaped South Africa Small and isolated in the Colony of Natal, Fort Napier was long treated like a temporary outpost of the expanding British Empire. Yet British troops manned this South African garrison for over seventy years. Tasked with...

Born c.1828 1850.00.00      Early in 1850 the Hebrides left London, calling at Plymouth for West-country passengers. (HAT p.114). On board was Matthew Orgill aged 22. (PRO Shipping list via AFH). There were eleven settlement schemes that brought British settlers to Natal in the 1800s. The scheme that brought the largest number of settlers was J.C. Byrne & Co’s Natal Emigration...

Born 5 Jun. 1821, Dublin, Ireland. Died 21 Aug. 1884, Byrne, Richmond District, Natal. Builder, landlord, farmer. 1821.06.00      born. (Tomb SMMCB). 1821.06.05      b. In Dublin (CSO 2282). Tenth son and fifteenth child of Brabazon Smith Stafford(1759–1840) and Elizabeth Ohman, dau. of John Henry Ohman and Mary Sutcliffe. (Canner). Brabazon Smith Stafford was a godson of the Earl of Meath whose...