In 1844 the British annexed the Boer republic of Natal to their Cap Colony.
In 1856 it became a separate colony which was granted selfgovernment in
1893.
The territory of the colony was expanded to include Zululand in 1897 and
the territory of the former New Republic in 1903.
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BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS
Lieutenant - Governors
1867 - 1872 Robert William Keate 1814 - 1873
1872 - 1873 Anthony Musgrave 1828 - 1888
1873 Thomas Milles*
1873 - 1875 Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (2x) 1809 - 1891
1875 Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley 1833 - 1913
1875 - 1880 Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer 1836 - 1914
1880 William Bellairs* 1828 - 1913
1880 Henry Hugh Clifford*
Governors
1880 - 1881 Sir George Pomeroy Colley 1835 - 1881
1881 - 1881 Sir Henry Evelyn Wood* 1838 - 1919
1881 Sir Redvers Henry Buller* 1839 - 1908
1881 - 1882 Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell* 1836 - 1899
1882 - 1885 Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer s.a.
1886 - 1889 Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock 1844 - 1908
1889 - 1893 Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell (2x)
1893 Francis Seymour Haden* 1850 - 1918
1893 - 1901 Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson s.a.
1901 - 1907 Sir Henry Edward McCallum 1852 - 1919
1907 - 1909 Sir Matthew Nathan 1862 - 1939
1910 Paul Sanford Methuen, Lord Methuen of Corsham 1845 - 1932
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MINISTERS
Prime Ministers
1893 - 1897 Sir John Robinson 1839 - 1903
1897 Sir Harry Escombe 1838 - 1899
1897 - 1899 Sir Henry Binns 1837 - 1899
1899 - 1903 Sir Albert Henry Hime 1842 - 1919
1903 - 1905 George Morris Sutton 1834 - 1913
1905 - 1906 Charles John Smythe 1852 - 1918
1906 - 1910 Sir Frederick Robert Moor 1853 - 1927
Administrators
1910 - 1918 Charles John Smythe s.a.
1918 - 1928 George Thomas Plowman
1928 - 1943 Herbert Gordon Watson
1943 - 1944 George Heaton Nicholls 1876 - 1959
1944 - 1948 Douglas Edgar Mitchell
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