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See also:ESCOMBE, HARRY (1838–1899) , See also:South See also:African statesman, a member of a See also:Somersetshire See also:family, was See also:born at Notting See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, See also:London, on the 25th of See also:July 1838, and was educated at St See also:Paul's school. After four years in a stockbroker's See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, he emigrated, in 1859, to the Cape. The following See also:year he moved to See also:Natal, and, after trying other occupations, qualified as an See also:attorney. He became recognized as the ablest pleader in the See also:colony, and, in 1872, was elected for See also:Durban as a member of the legislative See also:council, and subsequently was also placed on the executive council. In 188o he secured the See also:appointment of a See also:harbour See also:board for Natal, and was himself made chairman. The transformation of the See also:port of Durban into a harbour available for ocean liners was due entirely to his See also:energy. In 1888–1889 he defended Dinizulu and other Zulu chiefs against a See also:charge of high See also:treason. For several years he opposed the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of responsible See also:government to Natal, but by 1890 had become convinced of its desirability, and on its conferment in 1893 he joined the first See also:ministry formed, serving under See also:Sir See also:John See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson as attorney-See also:general. In See also:February 1897, on Sir John's retirement, Escombe became premier, remaining attorney-general and also holding the office of See also:minister of See also:education and minister of See also:defence. In the summer of that year he was in London with the other colonial premiers at the celebration of the See also:Diamond See also:Jubilee of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, and was made a member of the privy council. See also:Cambridge University conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. The See also:election that followed his return to Natal proved unfavourable to his policy, and he resigned office (See also:October 1897). Throughout his See also:life he took an active See also:interest in See also:national defence. He had served in the Zulu See also:War of 1879, was See also:commander of the Natal See also:Naval See also:Volunteers and received the volunteer See also:long service decoration. In October 1899 he went to the See also:northern confines of the colony to take See also:part in preparing See also:measures of defence against the invasion by the Boers. He died on the 27th of See also:December 1899.
The Speeches of the See also:late Right Hon. Harry Escombe (Maritzburg, 1903), edited by J. T. See also:Henderson, contains brief See also:biographical notes by Sir John Robinson and the editor.
End of Article: ESCOMBE, HARRY (1838–1899)
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