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Name: LUGARD, Frederick John Dealtry, 1st Baron Lugard PC, GCMG, CB, DSO, Lord
Nee: son of Rev. Frederick Grueber Lugard
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1858 Madras, India
Death Date: 11 Apr 1945 Abinger, Surrey
First Date: 1889
Profession: Appointed to IBEA Co., Administrator of Uganda.
Area: Outstanding figure in history of EA, Peace between Prot. & RC
Married: In Madeira 10 June 1902 Flora Louise Shaw, DBE b. 19 Dec 1852 Woolwich, d. 25 Jan 1929 Surrey
Children: none
Author: 'The Rise of Our East African Empire' 1893, 'The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa' 1922
Book Reference: Gillett, Cuckoo, Permanent Way, Lloyd-Jones, Moyse, Fitzgerald, Tucker, Debrett, EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, DSO, EAHB 1904, Sportsmen, Chandler
War Service: East Norfolk Regt./9th Foot
School: Rossall and Sandhurst
General Information:
Permanent Way - 'By a stroke of good fortune the Company had been able to engage the services of Capt. F.D. Lugard, who later became Lord Lugard and the doyen of Colonial pro-consuls. Capt. Lugard had joined the Norfolk Regiment in 1878 and had fought in the Afghan War of 1879-80, the Sudan Campaign of 1884-5 and the Burma War of 1886-7. For his services in Burma Lugard had been appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. In May 1888, whilst on half-pay, he organised and commanded an expedition, on behalf of the British settlers in Nyasaland, against the Arab slave-traders around Lake Nyassa, where he was severely wounded. Lugard left Nyasaland in 1889 and, later in the year, was engaged by the Company with the consent of the War Office ......... (more pp. 31-)
Lloyd-Jones - 1890 - Capt. Lugard arrived at Kampala with a small force consisting of some 50 Sudanese, 50 Somalis, 1 worn-out machine-gun, which had been left at the coast by Stanley, and some 250 ill armed and ill disciplined Zanzibari porters.
Debrett - entered Army 1878, became Capt. Norfolk Regt. 1885, Major 1896, Lieut.-Col. 1899, and Brevet Col. 1905; retired 1905; Afghan War 1879-80 (medal), in Soudan 1885 (despatches, medal with 2 clasps, bronze star), with Burma Field Force 1886-7 (despatches, medal with 2 clasps), and in Nyasaland 1888 (severely wounded); made treaties with Mwanga of Uganda and administered country on behalf of Imperial B.E.A. Co. 1889-92 (medal); commanded Roy. Niger Co's Expedition in W. Central Africa 1894-5 (medal) and an expedition into Ngamiland 1896; raised and commanded W. African Frontier Force 1897 with title of H.M.'s Commr. and Comdt.; was High Commr. for N. Nigeria Protectorate 1900-06, Gov. and Com.-in-Ch., Hong Kong 1907, Gov. and Com.-in-Ch. of S. and N. Nigeria 1912, and Gov.-Gen. of Nigeria 1914-19 etc.
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories outside the Sultan's Domain, 30 April 1891 - Capt. F. Lugard, England, In charge Uganda
IBEA - General Africa Staff - Appointed 2nd December 1889
North - 'He appears to possess considerable energy of character, and aptitude for command, but is decidedly eccentric' (Sir Francis de Winton, Mackinnon Papers)
Moyse - built the post at Dagoretti, where he left George Wilson and 40 men. The Kikuyu proved hostile and Wilson had to fight his way out.
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