Henry Green (British Resident)
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Henry Green was British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty
, a civil servant and a diamond miner in Griqualand West
.
Henry Green was born in Montreal
, Canada
, the third son of William John Green and his wife Margaret Gray.
Like his father he entered the commissariat
department of the British army, and he may have served in Canada before the family moved to the Cape Colony
in the late 1840s. Green was in the commissariat department of the force under Captain H.D. Warden
which took control of the area north of the Orange River
that later became the Orange River Sovereignty
.
Warden was appointed British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty
, and bought the farm Bloemfontein
on which to establish the capital.
While Henry was there, three of his younger brothers joined him at various times. Charles and Fred Green
used Bloemfontein as a base for their hunting expeditions around Lake Ngami
, while Arthur Green, who later became a photographer, worked as a clerk in the commissariat department.
Orange River Sovereignty
The Orange River Sovereignty was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in southern Africa. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.-History:...
, a civil servant and a diamond miner in Griqualand West
Griqualand West
Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people - a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier...
.
Henry Green was born in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the third son of William John Green and his wife Margaret Gray.
Like his father he entered the commissariat
Commissariat
A commissariat is the department of an army charged with the provision of supplies, both food and forage, for the troops. The supply of military stores such as ammunition is not included in the duties of a commissariat. In almost every army the duties of transport and supply are performed by the...
department of the British army, and he may have served in Canada before the family moved to the Cape Colony
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
in the late 1840s. Green was in the commissariat department of the force under Captain H.D. Warden
Henry Douglas Warden
Henry Douglas Warden was the British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty from 1848-1852, bought the farm Bloemfontein from Johannes Nicolaas Brits Bloemfontein.-Bibliography:...
which took control of the area north of the Orange River
Orange River
The Orange River , Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean...
that later became the Orange River Sovereignty
Orange River Sovereignty
The Orange River Sovereignty was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in southern Africa. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.-History:...
.
Warden was appointed British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty
Orange River Sovereignty
The Orange River Sovereignty was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in southern Africa. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State province of South Africa.-History:...
, and bought the farm Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...
on which to establish the capital.
While Henry was there, three of his younger brothers joined him at various times. Charles and Fred Green
Frederick Thomas Green
Frederick Thomas Green was an explorer, hunter and trader in what is now Namibia and Botswana. From 1850 to 1853 he was in the Lake Ngami area, travelling hunting and trading with his older brother Charles...
used Bloemfontein as a base for their hunting expeditions around Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami
Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River an affluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta. It is one of the fragmented remnants of the ancient Lake Makgadikgadi...
, while Arthur Green, who later became a photographer, worked as a clerk in the commissariat department.