Edward Arthur Maund

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The First Board of Directors of the British South Africa Company , 1889.
Above: Horace Farquhar ; Albert Gray ; Alfred Beit ;
Middle: Duke of Fife ; CJ Rhodes ; Duke of Abercorn ;
Below: Lord Gifford ; Herbert Canning ; George Cawston

Edward Arthur Maund (* 1851 ; † March 17, 1932 in Hampstead ) was an African explorer and Rhodesian pioneer.

Life

He received his education at Hurstpierpoint College, at which he later (between 1872 and 1873) worked as vice-principal and enrolled in 1873 at the Peterhouse of the University of Cambridge . He emigrated to South Africa, where he played an active role in establishing British settlements in Rhodesia .

He served in the Bechuanaland Field Force under Sir Charles Warren during the Warren Expedition (1884/1885) in Bechuanaland and between 1889 and 1896 in Mashonaland .

Maund was one of the three officers assigned to inform Lobengula that Britain had declared Bechuanaland a British protectorate. He recognized the economic potential of Mashonaland and urged George Cawston, a London financier, to seek mining rights. He also turned to Lord Gifford , who already had significant mining and prospecting rights in North Bechuanaland, and attempted to extend that concession to Mashonaland.

Maund went to Bulawayo to negotiate the terms. Cecil Rhodes had found out about this and quickly dispatched his own delegation consisting of Charles Rudd , Rochfort Maguire and Frank Thompson. On October 30, 1888, Governor Robinson (later rewarded with a large number of shares in the British South Africa Company ) and Sir Sydney Shippard made fancy political excuses and Rhodes received the mining and prospecting rights - later known as the Rudd Concession .

Maund challenged the concession and went to London with two of Lobengula's izinDuna to report to Queen Victoria about the questionable conduct of Cecil Rhodes and to ask her for advice and support. Maund and his delegation returned to Bulawayo with a letter from the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, Lord Knutsford , urging Lobengula to exercise caution. Rhodes now sought to ally all parties involved in the aim of obtaining a Royal Charter . Maund, who had to support the new approach, aroused Lobengula's suspicion. The situation was compounded by the arrival of Dr. Jameson relaxed who was able to announce that the Royal Charter had been granted and who brought further letters from the Colonial Secretary. Maund no longer played a political role and took care of the development of Salisbury .

Maund was married to Elenora Maund and had a daughter, Cecily Elenora Niele Maund, who was born on April 12, 1895 in Salisbury, and Cecil Rhodes and Leander Jameson were godparents for her baptism .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Encyclopedia entry: Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa.
  2. ↑ Maund, Edward Arthur . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 4 : Kahlenberg – Oyler . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1951, pp. 367 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Janus
  4. ↑ White Men's Dreams (limited reading sample).
  5. ^ Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe, 1884–1902 (excerpt).
  6. ^ Rootsweb
personal data
SURNAME Maund, Edward Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British explorer and pioneer of Rhodesia
DATE OF BIRTH 1851
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1932
Place of death Hampstead