- Sir
Rufane Shaw
Donkin GCH KCB FRS FRGS (1772 – 1 May 1841), was a
British Army
officer of the
Napoleonic era and
later Member of Parliament.
Rufane Donkin...
- the
Eastern Cape.
Gqeberha was
founded in 1820 as Port
Elizabeth by Sir
Rufane Donkin, who was the
governor of the Cape at the time. He
named it after...
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central Gqeberha,
South Africa. It was
constructed at the
behest of Sir
Rufane Donkin (acting
governor of the Cape 1820–1821) in
memory of his wife Elizabeth...
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William Rufane (died 14
February 1773) was a
British soldier who
fought in the
Seven Years' War, was
governor of
Martinique in 1762–63 and rose to the...
- The
lighthouse was
commissioned by
acting Governor of the Cape
Colony Sir
Rufane Shaw
Donkin and
designed by
German architect Herman Shutte.
Building commenced...
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Their children were: Anna
Maria (d. 18 Oct. 1855)
married Lt.-Gen. Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin. No issue.
Harry Mary
Frances (d. July 1825). Died young. Gilbert...
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Central Africa.
Voortrekkers set up a
council in
Potchefstroom 1 May - Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin,
acting Governor of the Cape
Colony who
supervised the arrival...
- Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst,
Secretary of
State for the
Colonies by Sir
Rufane Donkin. Its
chief claim to fame is that it was the
early administrative...
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Portrait of Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin, 19th century, by Meyer...
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Donkin Memorial was
erected on a
Xhosa reserve in 1820 by Cape
Governor Sir
Rufane Shaw
Donkin in
memory of his late wife Elizabeth, in Port Elizabeth, South...
