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., [3] a post he held until 1894, when they split over Currey's engagement. [4] Despite however the rift between them, Rhodes's friendship to the father did not change. [5]

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. [3] Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, he was returned to the House of Assembly of South Africa until 1915. [2]

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]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "ThePeerage - Hon. Henry Latham Currey" . Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Who is Who 1935. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1935. pp. 794–795.
  3. 1 2 Currey, p. 26
  4. ↑ Robert I. Rotberg; Miles F. Shore (1988). The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power. Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN   0-19-504968-3.
  5. ↑ Currey, p. 20
  6. ↑ Currey, p. 256

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