| 词条 | Harry Hands |
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BiographyThe eldest son of Josiah (postmaster, church warden, registrar, bootmaker and cordwainer)[2] and Selina Hands of Kings Norton, Worcestershire, Harry Hands was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He married Aletta Catharina Myburgh (later OBE) in Worcestershire on 6 October 1886. Aletta was the daughter of Philip Albert Myburgh, a member of the Cape Legislative Assembly and a prominent member of society.[3] Hands himself was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony from 1912 to 1913 and in 1915–18 he served as mayor of Cape Town.[4][5] During his term as mayor, he was also an incorporated accountant of the firm Hands and Shore in Cape Town. Following the "Conference of War Recruiting Committees of the Union of South Africa" in February 1918, a special recruiting drive was begun, inaugurated by church services throughout the city and suburbs in April. Twelve days later, on 20 April 1918, Hands received a telegram informing him and Aletta that their eldest son, Captain Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, had died of wounds received fighting on the Western Front in World War 1. Pondering this devastating news, Mayor Hands and his friend and fellow councillor Robert Brydone came up with the idea of the two-minute silence. The practice impressed Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, who wrote to Lord Milner about it and the idea was taken up after Armistice Day in London in 1819.[4] Hands was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 Birthday Honours[6] for his sterling service to recruiting in South Africa and, as noted in the South African Lady’s Pictorial (July 1919, p. 5), "for his services as chairman of the Recruiting Committee, he did splendid work and it is due to him that the impressive Mid-day Pause was introduced." His three sons, Reginald, Philip and Kenneth, were all Rhodes Scholars who excelled at cricket and rugby. Reginald and Philip played Test cricket for South Africa. Philip and Kenneth also fought in World War I, but returned home safely, married and had children. Harry's daughter, Doris, married Dr Errington Atkinson of Leeds. Sir Harry Hands died on 17 March 1948 in Cape Town and is buried in Maitland Cemetery, along with his wife.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|URL=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46124328|title=The Scot who began the two-minute silence|date=8 November 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}} {{CapeTownMayors}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hands, Harry}}2. ^"Josiah Hands", Geni.com. 3. ^"Philippus Albertus Myburgh", Geni.com. 4. ^1 2 J. C. Abrahams (Tannie Mossie), [https://tanniemossie.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cape-town_s-wwi-mayor-sir-harry-hands.pdf "Cape Town’s WWI Mayor - Sir Harry Hands".] 5. ^{{cite book|title=Who's Who: Men and Women of the Time|date=1935|page=1434|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Whos-Who-Men-and-Women-of-the-Time-1935/107381/1490|accessdate=16 February 2016}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31422 |date=27 June 1919 |page=8090 |supp=y}} 7. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140977103 "Sir Harry Hands"], Find A Grave. 7 : 1860 births|1948 deaths|People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Mayors of Cape Town|South African knights|British colonial governors and administrators in Africa |
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