Thomas Ekins Fuller
Sir Thomas Ekins Fuller | |
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![]() Thomas Ekins Fuller, caricatured by WH Schroeder | |
Agent-General for Cape Colony | |
In office 1 January 1902 – 1907 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Gordon Sprigg Sir Leander Starr Jameson |
Member of the Cape House of Assembly for Cape Town | |
In office 1878–1902 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 August 1831 West Drayton, Middlesex, England |
Died | 5 September 1910 (aged 79) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Political party | Progressive |
Education | Bristol Baptist College |
Occupation | Journalist, Businessman, Politician |
Sir Thomas Ekins Fuller KCMG (1831–1910) was editor of the Cape Argus newspaper and a prominent Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony.
Background
Initially a moderate follower of the "Cape Liberal Tradition", he advocated for responsible government (local democracy) in the 1860s as editor of the Cape Argus newspaper (1864-1873). He also supported the inclusive, locally oriented politics of his liberal allies at the time.
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Between 1873 and 1875 he worked with immigration in London, before returning to the Cape to become General Manager of the Union Steamship Company (1875-1898) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony (MLA for Cape Town, 1879-1900).
Although initially a liberal, in later life, he came to be greatly influenced by the imperialist Cecil Rhodes, of whom he eventually became a devoted admirer. Finally in 1898, he even became a director of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company.[1]
In 1902, he became the Cape Colony's Agent General in London.[2] He was knighted in 1904.[2]
Death
He died on 5 September 1910 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent.[2]
References
- ^ "Fuller, Thomas Ekins", Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, vol. 2, retrieved 5 September 2023
- ^ a b c Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910). Encyclopaedia Britannica All Volumes.