Life and Correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc.

A two-volume biography, first published in 1894, charting the rise and fall of one of the British Empire's ablest administrators.

John Martineau (Author)

9781108051866, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 June 2012

492 pages, 2 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 2.8 x 14 cm, 0.62 kg

Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (1815–84) was recognised as one of the ablest colonial administrators of his generation. His service in British India, where he rose to serve on the Supreme Council, was distinguished by his promotion of municipal institutions and his inclusion of the Indian people. In this respect he was ahead of his time. At the outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, his actions helped limit the spread of the uprising. As Governor of the Cape Colony in South Africa he was directed to confederate the disparate territories there into a single nation, but this mission was marred by his unilateral decision to wage war on the Zulus. In 1894, John Martineau (1834–1910) published this sympathetic two-volume biography. Volume 2 covers Frere's successful attempt to halt the Zanzibar slave trade as well as his service in South Africa, from which he returned home in disgrace.

14. The Bombay commercial crisis
15. The Indian Council
16. The Zanzibar mission
17. The Prince of Wales in India
18. Appointed to the Cape
19. Native combination
20. Supersession and recall
21. The breach of faith
22. The recalled governor.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]