A. R. Colquhoun

A.R. Colquhoun

Colquhoun in 1882
1st Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
In office
1 October 1890  10 September 1892
Monarch Queen Victoria
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Leander Starr Jameson
Personal details
Born March 1848
Cape Town, Cape Colony (South Africa)
Died 18 December 1914
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Ethel Maud Cookson

Archibald Ross Colquhoun (pronounced Cul-hoon) was the first Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. He held office from 1 October 1890 – 10 September 1892 from the period of the founding of Fort Salisbury (now Harare) after the arrival of the Pioneer Column. At this time the administrator's jurisdiction covered Mashonaland only, as Matabeleland was annexed in 1893. He was also acting Chief Magistrate of Southern Rhodesia between 24 July 1891 and 18 September 1891.

Colquhoun spent much of his life travelling. In the 1880s he took part in several exploratory expeditions to Burma, Indo-China and southern China, for which he was awarded the 1884 Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.[1]

He left for South Africa in 1889. After his term of office as Administrator in Southern Rhodesia he settled in the United Kingdom, but continued to travel. From 1900–1901, he and his wife Ethel travelled in the Pacific —the Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Philippines, Japan — returning to England via Siberia. From 1902 to 1903, he travelled in the West Indies, Central America and the United States. During 1904 and 1905, he returned temporarily to Rhodesia.

In 1913, Colquhoun inspected the Panama Canal construction work and carried out one last mission for the Royal Colonial Institute in South America before his death on 18 December 1914.[2]

Political offices
Preceded by
none
Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
1890–1894
Succeeded by
Leander Starr Jameson

Works

References

  1. "List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. Who was who, Vol 1, 1897–1916, p. 150.
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