Occupation Edited Name Frederick St | Employer Cape Times Years active 1876-1895 | |
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Born 20 March 1833 ( 1833-03-20 ) Limerick, Ireland Education St Paul's School, London Died March 28, 1901, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa Alma mater Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | ||
Predecessor Fydell Edmund Garrett | ||
Frederick York St Leger was the Irish born founder of the Cape Times newspaper in South Africa, and Anglican priest. He was born in Limerick, Ireland on 20 March 1833.
He married Christiana Emma Mudelle of Maidstone, Kent, England, in 1856, and they moved to South Africa, they went on to have eight children, their eldest being Frederick Luke St Leger (1857 - 1938), another son Capt. Stratford Edward St. Leger (1867-1935) was a member of the Royal Irish Regiment.
The Revd F.Y. St. Leger served as headmaster at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from 1859 to 1862.
In 1873 and 74, he was an editor and journalist for the Diamond Field newspaper of Griqualand West.
In 1875, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Cape Town.
He founded and edited the first issue of the Cape Times on 27 March 1876.
St. Leger died at Newlands, Cape Town, on 28 March 1901. His granddaughter was the artist and poet Joan St Leger Lindbergh