Thomas Upington (1844-1898), born in Cork ( Ireland ) - Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1884 to 1886, in whose honor the city of Upington , located in Siyanda County, is named [1] .
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| English Thomas upington | |||||||
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria | ||||||
| Governor | Leicester Smith Henry Torrens Henry Auguste Smith | ||||||
| Predecessor | Thomas Charles Scanlen | ||||||
| Successor | John Gordon Sprigg | ||||||
| Birth | October 28, 1844 Mallow , Ireland , UK | ||||||
| Death | December 10, 1898 (54 years old) Weinberg , Cape Colony | ||||||
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Guverin | ||||||
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Upington moved to the Cape Colony in 1874 and was appointed prime minister. Prior to that, he was the attorney general, in 1879, during the war he participated in the hostilities in South Africa .
Upington created a military unit known as the “Upington Infantry” and served during the “ 9th War with South Africa, 1877-79 ” for which he received the “South Africa Medal”. The Upington Infantry included about 240 South Africans who fought against the Transkei tribes.
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- ↑ Upington. Northern Cape southafrica-travel.net. Date of treatment July 26, 2012. Archived August 24, 2012.