Henry Douglas Warden

Henry Douglas Warden (2 February 1800 – 2 December 1856) was the British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty from 1848-1852, bought the farm Bloemfontein from Johannes Nicolaas Brits Bloemfontein.

Warden was born in London. It has been speculated that Warden was the illegitimate son of Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, a Scottish pretender for the English throne.[1]

He went to the Cape in 1819 and was sent to Natal in 1842, where he participated in the siege of Congela. Four years later he was appointed magistrate of the Transoranje and bought the farm Bloemfontein where he and his family settled. The town later became the City of Bloemfontein.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown. 1975. p. 319. ISBN 9780625003273. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Schoeman, Karel (1992). The British presence in the Transorange 1845-1854. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. ISBN 0-7981-2965-4.


Political offices
Preceded by
William Sutton		 British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty
1848–1852		 Succeeded by
Henry Green


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