Philip Wodehouse (colonial administrator)
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Sir Philip Wodehouse KCB | |
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| Born | Philip Edmond Wodehouse 27 February 1811 Sennowe Lodge, Norfolk, England[1] |
| Died | 25 October 1887 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant, colonial governor |
Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse,
Background
Wodehouse was the eldest child of Edmond Wodehouse and his wife and first cousin Lucy Wodehouse. His paternal grandfather Thomas Wodehouse and maternal grandfather Reverend Philip Wodehouse were both younger sons of Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet, whose eldest son John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse, was the ancestor of the earls of Kimberley.
Career
Wodehouse entered the
In 1861, he was appointed
His High Commission in Southern Africa was initially dominated by the dispute between the neighbouring states of Basutoland and the Orange Free State but, via his arbitration, he managed to bring Basutoland under British control.[3]
His High Commission was also overshadowed, throughout its duration, by a growing movement in the Cape for a degree of independence under a system of "
He was then
Personal life
Wodehouse married Katherine Mary Templer, daughter of Francis Templer, in 1833. They had one child, Edmond Wodehouse, who became Member of Parliament for Bath. Wodehouse died in October 1887, at the age of 76. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Legacy
Wodehouse Peak, a prominent highpoint in Golden Gate Highlands National Park is named after Philip Wodehouse, supposedly due to his suggestion that the border between the Boers and Basotho should follow the Rooiberge range.[5] This suggestion, however, dates from 1845 when Sir Peregrine Maitland governed the Cape, well before the 1861 governorship of Wodehouse. Wodehouse presided over the Convention of Aliwal-North which formally established the boundaries of Basotholand.[6]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29813. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Carlyle 1901.
- ^ Chesson 1871, pp. 8–47.
- ^ Malherbe 1971.
- ^ "Golden Gate Highlands National Park - A Brief History". sanparks.org. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Basotho Wars 1858 - 1868". Sahistory.org.za. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Carlyle, Edward Irving (1901). . In Lee, Sidney; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 516–517.
- Chesson, Frederick William (1871). The Dutch Republics of South Africa: Three Letters to R. N. Fowler, and Charles Buxton. London: W. Tweedie.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Malherbe, Vertrees Canby (1971). What They Said, 1795-1910: A Selection of Documents from South African History. Cape Town: Maskew Miller. ISBN 9780623004579.
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