Sir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… Benjamin D'Urban was born in Suffolk, England and joined the British … as well as British Guiana in 1831. On 16 January 1834, D'Urban assumed office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, at … Great Trek and the outbreak of the 6th Xhosa War. Under D'Urban's leadership, the territory between the Keiskamma and …