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Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape

Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape

Date
5 May 1897
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape

The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, appointed Sir Alfred Milner as Governor of the Cape Colony in 1897. Milner arrived in Cape Town on 5 May 1897 to assume his new position. Soon after taking up the position, he advocated a sterner policy with regard to the Transvaal Republic than that suggested by Chamberlain and Salisbury. He continued to emphasise the grievances of the Uitlanders with the intention to 'work up a crisis'. This hard-line attitude earned him the reputation of being a convinced imperialist. 

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  1. 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 418.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011174

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"Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011174. Accessed 3 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011174.

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