Role and Influence of Individuals: COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION 1857-1890 Flashcards
Who was Empire run by?
The Men on the spot
Who were the men on the spot
Company directors, governors, high commissioners and consuls who found themselves in positions of control within the colonies.
What were administrators tempted by?
opportunities to acquire influence and bring more land under the British flag
Examples of colonial administrators?
evelyn baring and bartle frere
Who was Evelyn Baring?
- Served in India as a private secretary in around mid 1800s then was incharge of egyptian finance in 1877, and because consul general in 1882
how was Baring as an administrator?
hardworking, fair and a believer in liberal reform, but was inflexible and with his sense of British superiority made him condescending towards his inferiors.
Where was Barings second posting and when?to do what?
Egypt in 1877, sent to Help Ismail Pasha out of his financial difficulties
What did baring become in 1882?
Consul-General of Egypt.
What as approved in 1883 influenced by baring?
Dufferin Report
established an Egyptian puppet parliament with no power
who was Battle Frere?
high commisoner of south africa from 1877 and Support for the crushing of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 won him the knighthood and a place on the Viceroy’s Council at Calcutta.
When did Bartle Frere become governor of Bombay, a member of the Indian Council?
1867-1877
What was Bartle Frere in-charge of?
Was placed in charge of the planned confederation in the area, merging British South Africa with the Dutch Boer republic of the Transvaal.
Who did bartle frere deliberately provoke a war with?
Zulus, who he considered an obstacle to the federation in December 1878
