Leander Starr Jameson
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The Right Honourable Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Bt KCMG CB |
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| 10th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony | |
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In office 22 February 1904 – 2 February 1908 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Governor | Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson |
| Preceded by | Gordon Sprigg |
| Succeeded by | John Xavier Merriman |
| 2nd Administrator of Rhodesia | |
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In office 10 September 1894 – 2 April 1896 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | A. R. Colquhoun |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Grey |
| 2nd Chief Magistrate of the British South Africa Co Territory (later known as Rhodesia) | |
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In office 18 September 1891 – 7 October 1893 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | A. R. Colquhoun |
| Succeeded by | A. H. F. Duncan |
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Leander Starr Jameson 9 February 1853 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | 26 November 1917 (aged 64) London, England |
| Resting place | "World's View", Matopos Hills, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 20°25′S 28°28′E / 20.417°S 28.467°E |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Progressive |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Occupation | Physician, administrator, politician |
Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet KCMG CB PC (9 February 1853 – 26 November 1917), also known as "Doctor Jim", "The Doctor" or "Lanner", was a British colonial politician who was best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid.
He was born on 9 February 1853, of the Jameson family of Edinburgh, the son of Robert William Jameson (1805–1868), a Writer to the Signet, and Christian Pringle, daughter of Major-General Pringle of Symington House. Robert William and Christian Jameson had twelve children, of whom Leander Starr was the youngest, born at Stranraer, Wigtownshire (now part of Dumfries and Galloway), in the south-west of Scotland, a great-nephew of Professor Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh.." Fort's biography of Jameson notes that Starr's '...chief Gamaliel, however, was a Professor Grant, a man of advanced age, who had been a pupil of his great-uncle, the Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh.
Leander Starr Jameson's somewhat unusual name resulted from the fact that his father Robert William Jameson had been rescued from drowning on the morning of his birth by an American traveller, who fished him out of a canal or river with steep banks into which William had fallen while on a walk awaiting the birth of his son. The kindly stranger named "Leander Starr" was promptly made a godfather of the baby, who was named after him. His father, Robert William, started his career as an advocate in Edinburgh, and was Writer to the Signet, before becoming a playwright, published poet and editor of The Wigtownshire Free Press.
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