History of South Africa Since September 1795 - Volume 1

A detailed history of South Africa between 1795 1894, discussing the political history of the country, first published in 1908.

1. Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone and Generals Alured Clarke and James Henry Craig, conjointly, commanders of the British forces, 16th September to 15th November 1795. Major-General James Henry Craig, Commandant of the town and settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, 15th November 1795 to 5th May 1797; 2. George, Earl Macartney, Governor, installed 5th May 1797, retired 20th November 1798. Major-General Dundas, acting Governor, 21st November 1798 to 9th December 1799; 3. Sir George Yonge, Governor, installed 10th December 1799, received letter of dismissal 20th April 1801. Major-General Francis Dundas, acting Governor, 20th April 1801 to 20th February 1803; 4. Jacob Abraham de Mist, Commissioner-General, 21st February 1803 to 25th September 1804. Lieutenant-General Jan Willem Janssens, Governor, installed 1st March 1803, capitulated to an English army, 18th January 1806; 5. Lieutenant-General Janssens continued; 6. Major-General David Baird, acting Governor, 10th January 1806 to 17th January 1807. Lieutenant-General Henry George Grey, acting Governor, 17th January to 21st May 1807. Du Pré Alexander, Earl of Caledon, Governor, installed 22nd May 1807, retired 4th July 1811. Lieutenant-General Henry George Grey, acting Governor, 4th July to 5th September 1811; 7. Lieutenant-General Sir John Francis Cradock, Governor, installed 6th September 1811, retired 6th April 1814; 8. Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor, installed 6th April 1814, embarked for England on leave of absence 13th January 1820; 9. Lord Charles Henry Somerset continued; 10. Dealings with the Xosas from 1813 to the close of the war of 1819; 11. Major-General Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, acting Governor, 12th January 1820 to 30th November 1821; 12. General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor, resumed duty 1st December 1821, embarked for England on leave of absence 5th March 1826; 13. Lord Charles Somerset continued; 14. Terrible destruction of Bantu tribes during the early years of the nineteenth century; 15. Formation of new Bantu communities with which the colonists had afterwards to deal; 16. Major-General Richard Bourke, acting Governor, 5th March 1826 to 9th September 1828; Appendix; Index.