Henry Latham Currey (1863 – 1945),[1] also known as Harry Currey was a British politician in the Cape Colony.
Henry Latham Currey | |
|---|---|
| House of Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 1910-1915 | |
| Cape House of Assembly for George, Western Cape | |
| In office 1902-1910 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1863 |
| Died | 1945 (aged 81–82) |
| Spouse | Ethelreda Fairbridge (d. 1941) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Charles Fairbridge (father-in-law) |
Biography
editCurrey was the son of John Blades Currey and Mary Margaret Christian, daughter of Ewan Christian.[2] He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and went then to Winchester College.[2]
Currey joined the Cape Civil Service in 1880, where he worked for six years.[2] He became private secretary to John X. Merriman in 1883 and then after one year to Cecil Rhodes, both personal friends of his father.[2] In 1887, Rhodes made him additionally secretary of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd.,[3] a post he held until 1894, when they split over Currey's engagement.[4] Despite however the rift between them, Rhodes's friendship to the father did not change.[5]
In 1897, Currey was called to the bar by the Inner Temple.[1] He was elected to the Cape House of Assembly for George, Western Cape in 1902, sitting until 1910; the last two years as Minister without Portfolio in Merriman's government.[3] Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, he was returned to the House of Assembly of South Africa until 1915.[2]
He married Ethelreda Fairbridge, daughter of Charles Aken Fairbridge at St Paul's Church in Rondebosch and had by her three sons and two daughters.[6] Currey's wife died in 1941 and he survived her for four years, dying in Kenilworth, Cape Town.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Hon. Henry Latham Currey". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Who is Who 1935. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1935. pp. 794–795.
- ^ a b Currey, p. 26
- ^ Robert I. Rotberg; Miles F. Shore (1988). The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power. Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 0-19-504968-3.
- ^ Currey, p. 20
- ^ Currey, p. 256
References
edit- Currey, John Blades (1986). Phillida Brooke Simons (ed.). John Blades Currey, 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony. Brenthurst Press. ISBN 0-909079-31-5.