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Maj.Gen. Sir Henry Edward Colvile KCMG
Acting Commissioner of Uganda 4 Nov 1893 - 10 May 1894
Henry entered the Grenadier Guards as an Ensign and Lieutenant, where for almost four years he performed the duties of regimental Instructor of Musketry.
He was also a writer of considerable merit, having published two bright geographical works, "A Ride in Petticoats and Slippers" and "The Accursed Land," besides compiling the Official History of the Sudan Campaign for the War Office in 1886.
Zélie Isabelle Richaud de Préville
Zelie and her husband wrote of their travels abroad. An short extract from her 1894 book "Round the Black Man’s Garden" was found at: http://www.victorianresearch.org/wtravelbibnotes2.pdf
Zélie Colvile and her husband set off in September 1888 on a long journey. At Yembo, having secured a very rickety canoe manned by two fierce-looking natives, the Colviles landed after several perilous encounters with boats crammed to overflowing with shouting pilgrims. At Jeddah they secured a nice sailing boat with a jolly, bright-faced black boy; in shaping his course through the zigzagging reefs, he had constant changes of wind and current to contend with. It was only by continually raising and lowering the sail that he finally brought them to Jeddah in safety.
At Lamu there were several leaky, rickety "dug-out" canoes; the Colviles chose the safest-looking one, an outrigger less than two feet wide. Having seized the right moment and safely jumped in, they found themselves with nothing to sit on but their wet heels. As the Colvile's ship approached Madagascar, the Captain, who had never been there before, missed his mark, and before there was time to realise what was happening, a great bump was felt, women shrieked, and every one rushed about to try to find out what had caused the crash. The vessel had struck a rock right amidships.
Arriving in Durban by steamer, Mrs Colvile stepped into a sort of birdcage hung from a derrick. She soon found herself swinging in the air over a tug, which was at one moment yards below her, at the next almost touching her cage. The cage was suddenly lowered, seized by the crew, and unhooked. Arriving in Sierra Leone the ship was boarded by a clamouring crowd of boatmen, but the Colviles were able to dispense with the persistently offered services, thanks to the harbour-master, who took them ashore in his gig.
Maj.Gen. Sir Henry Edward Colvile KCMG
Acting Commissioner of Uganda 4 Nov 1893 - 10 May 1894
Henry entered the Grenadier Guards as an Ensign and Lieutenant, where for almost four years he performed the duties of regimental Instructor of Musketry.
He was also a writer of considerable merit, having published two bright geographical works, "A Ride in Petticoats and Slippers" and "The Accursed Land," besides compiling the Official History of the Sudan Campaign for the War Office in 1886.