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Charles Duncan Griffith

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Monarch
  
Queen Victoria

Name
  
Charles Griffith

Allegiance
  
Cape Colony

Children
  
12

Battles and wars
  
Mount Moorosi

Parents
  
Maria Steyne

Constituency
  
Thembuland

Died
  
October 17, 1906


Governor
  
Sir Henry Barkly (1870–1877) Henry Bartle Frere (1877–1880)

Born
  
5 September 1830 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape (
1830-09-05
)

Spouse(s)
  
Dorothea Mounsey Gilfillan (m. 1856–98)

Prime Minister
  
Sir John Gordon Sprigg

Colonel Charles Duncan Griffith (5 September 1830 – 17 October 1906) was a British colonial administrator and army officer.

Sir Henry Barkly was appointed High Commissioner of the Cape Colony on 31 December 1871. He annexed Basutoland and Charles Griffith was appointed Chief Magistrate and Governor's Agent.

References

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