| 词条 | Henry Latham Currey |
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Henry Latham Currey (1863 – 1945),[1] also known as Harry Currey was a British politician in the Cape Colony. Currey 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.,[6] a post he held until 1894, when they split over Currey's engagement.[2] Despite however the rift between them, Rhodes's friendship to the father did not change.[3] 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.[4] Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, he was returned to the House of Assembly of South Africa until 1915.[5] 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] Footnotes1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://thepeerage.com/p15515.htm#i155148 | title = ThePeerage - Hon. Henry Latham Currey | accessdate = 5 December 2009 }} 2. ^{{cite book | authors = Robert I. Rotberg and Miles F. Shore | title = The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power | year = 1988 | publisher = Oxford University Press | ISBN = 0-19-504968-3 | pages = 394 }} 3. ^Currey, p. 20 4. ^1 Currey, p. 26 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book | title = Who is Who 1935 | publisher = Adam & Charles Black Ltd. | location = London | year = 1935 | pages = 794–795 }} 6. ^Currey, p. 256 References
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