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See also:SHEPSTONE, See also:SIR See also:THEOPHILUS (1817-1893) , See also:British See also:South See also:African statesman, was See also:born at See also:Westbury near See also:Bristol, See also:England, on the 8th of See also:January 1817. When he was three years old his See also:father, the Rev. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Shepstone, emigrated to Cape See also:Colony. See also:Young Shepstone was educated at the native See also:mission stations at which his father worked, and the lad acquired See also:great proficiency in the Kaffir See also:languages, a circumstance which determined his career. In the Kaffir See also:War of 1835 he served as headquarters interpreter on the See also:staff of the See also:governor, Sir See also:Benjamin D'See also:Urban, and at the end of the See also:campaign remained on the frontier as clerk to the See also:agent for the native tribes. In 1838 he was one of the party sent from Cape Colony to occupy See also:Port See also:Natal on behalf of Great See also:Britain. This force was recalled in 1839, when Shepstone was appointed British See also:resident among the See also:Fingo and other tribes in See also:Kaffraria. Here he remained until the definite See also:establishment of British See also:rule in Natal and its organization as an administrative entity, when Shepstone was made (1845) agent for the native tribes. In 1848 he became See also:captain-See also:general of the native levies; in 18J5 judicial See also:assessor in native causes; and, in 1856, on the remodelling of the Natal See also:government, secretary for native affairs and a member of the executive and legislative See also:councils. This position he held until 1877. Thus for over See also:thirty years he was the director of native policy in Natal. A See also:man of strong will and pronounced views be gained a great See also:influence over the natives, by whom he was called " father," and, in See also:acknowledgment of his See also:hunting exploits, " Somsteu." The See also:main See also:line of his policy was to maintain tribal customs as far as consistent with principles of humanity, and not to See also:attempt to force See also:civilization. The result of his policy is still traceable in the See also:condition and status of the Natal natives. While he remained in See also:charge there was but one serious revolt of the natives—that of Langalibalele in 1873—against See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:control.
Shepstone's influence with the Zulus was made use of by the Natal government; in 1861 he visited See also:Zululand and obtained from See also:Panda a public recognition of See also:Cetywayo as his successor. Twelve years later Shepstone attended the See also:proclamation of Cetywayo as See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, the Zulu See also:chief promising Shepstone to live at See also:peace with his neighbours. In 1874 and again in 1876 Shepstone was in See also:London on South African affairs, and to his See also:absence from Natal Cetywayo's failure to keep his promises is, in See also:part, attributed. When in London in 1876 Shepstone was entrusted by the 4th See also:earl of See also:Carnarvon, then secretary of See also:state for the colonies, with a See also:special See also:commission to confer with the See also:Transvaal executive on the question of the federation of the South African states, and given See also:power, should he deem it necessary, to annex the See also:country, subject to the See also:confirmation of the British government. Shepstone went to See also:Pretoria in January 1877, and on the 12th of See also:April issued a proclamation announcing the establishment of British authority over the Transvaal. Shepstone's force consisted of twenty-five mounted policemen only, but no overt opposition was made to the See also:annexation; the See also:republic at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time was in a condition bordering on anarchy. " Nothing but annexation," wrote Sir Theophilus to the Colonial 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, " will or See also:dan See also:save the state, and nothing else can save South See also:Africa from the direst consequences. All the thinking and intelligent See also:people know this, and will be thankful to be delivered from the thraldom of See also:petty factions by which they are perpetually kept in a state of excitement and unrest because the government and everything connected with it is a thorough sham " (See also:Martineau's See also:Life of Sir Bartle See also:Frere, ch. 18). Shepstone's See also:action has been condemned as premature. He had, however, See also:reason to believe that if Great Britain remained inactive, See also:Germany would be induced to undertake the See also:protection of the Transvaal.'
1 Frere to J. M. Maclean, 22nd of April 1881 (Life of Sir Bartle Frere, vol. ii. p. 183).
Moreover, had the policy of self-government for the Boers which he outlined in his annexation proclamation been carried out, the revolt of 188o-81 might not have occurred. The annexation also, probably, saved the Transvaal from an attack by the Zulus under Cetywayo. Shepstone remained in Pretoria as See also:administrator of the Transvaal until January 1879; his rule was marked, according to Sir Bartle Frere, who described him as " a singular type of an Africander Talleyrand," by an " apparent absence of all effort to devise or substitute a better See also:system " than that which had characterized the previous regime. Shepstone had been summoned See also:home to advise the Colonial Office on South African affairs and he reached England in May 1879; on his return to Natal he retired (188o) from the public service. In 1883, however, he was commissioned to replace Cetywayo as king in Zululand. He was active in See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church matters in Natal, and a friend of See also:Bishop See also:Colenso. 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 self-government to Natal. He died at See also:Pietermaritzburg on the 23rd of See also:June 1893. Shepstone married in 1833 Maria, daughter of See also:Charles See also:Palmer, See also:commissary-general at Cape See also:Town, and had six sons and three daughters. One of his sons was killed at 'See also:Isandhlwana; of the other sons H. C. Shepstone (b. 1840) was secretary for native affairs in Natal from 1884 to 1893; Theophilus was adviser to the Swazis (1887-1891); and A. J. Shepstone (b. 1852) served in various native expeditions, as assistant-See also:commissioner in Zululand, in the South African War, 1899-1902, and became in 1909 secretary for native affairs (Natal) and secretary of the Natal native See also:trust. A younger See also:brother of Sir Theophilus, See also:John See also:Wesley Shepstone (b. 1827), filled between 1846 and 1896 various offices in Natal in connexion with the See also:administration of native affairs.
End of Article: SHEPSTONE, SIR THEOPHILUS (1817-1893)
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