Richard Southey (colonial administrator)
Sir Richard Southey was a British colonial administrator, cabinet minister and landowner in South Africa.
Richard Southey (colonial administrator)
George Southey, Richard's brother who was chiefly known for shooting Xhosa King Hintsa and mutilating his body.
Portrait of Sir Richard Southey in the early 1870s as Colonial Secretary. Portrait by WH Schroder, published in The Zingari.
The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military resistance against European colonialism in Africa.
A column of Xhosa warriors, crossing a ravine in the frontier mountains
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, and veteran of several Xhosa wars
The Fengu ("Fingoes"), known across southern Africa as skilled gunmen, were invaluable allies of the Cape Colony in its frontier wars.
Shoot-out between Xhosa and long, slow-moving British army column.