Rev. Captain Henderson's Lecture on iSandlwana

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Leamington Spa Courier - Friday 26 June 1908

Might this have been A F Henderson NNH? If so, it's a pity none of us were there to hear it and to ask questions at the end!!

Subject: Rev Capt Henderson's Lecture on Isandlwana Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:06 pm

Hi Julian
I quickly went through the Henderson Heritage , couldn't find any mention of A.F. being a Reverend .
90th

90th
Nor me. Might he have been a relative possibly...or was he just another fraud?

Hi All

Can it be how we interpret the wording?
Is it:

In the Rev. Captain Henderson 's lecture, to be"
Or:

In the Rev. ( May be a reference to a church program)

And:

"Captain Henderson 's lecture, to be given in the town hall on Tuesday next,"

" as given by one of those who escaped"

With that said I can only find this man as of now:

John Henderson Soga, 1860 - 1941

Subject: Rev Capt Henderson's Lecture on Isandlwana Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:22 am

Hi Julian
The only Captain named Henderson who survived Isandlwana is A.F. as far as I'm aware ? , could well be a Fraud Julian , it's strange there's not one Skerrick of evidence in the Chapter on A.F. in ' Henderson Heritage '... that mentions anything about being a Reverend .
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Eddie
What you suggest might be so if there were some (obvious or apparent) omissions in the punctuation or wording. As it is, I think it might be stretching a point.
90th
You're right - we would all surely be aware of Henderson's later 'career' if it were him.

Could very well be a honorific title, or should that be honorificabilitudinitatibus? Had that word pop up in a quiz a few weeks back and have been longing to use iy Very Happy

Frank - you are in good company. Honorificabilitudinitatibus: Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene I. Uttered by the comic fool Costard.

Hi all

I think I'm going with our escapee. Can't find any reference to any Reverend Henderson, the article even says as given by one of those who escaped.
I believe it may be an error in the printing.

Kate if you scroll down to the next paragraph, is there further mention or detail that may help?

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Nothing more Eddie sorry.

Neither was he the vicar of Leamington Spa in the relevant period. That was
Cecil Hook 1896 – 1906
W. Armstrong Buck 1906 – 1916
A travelling impostor posing as a vicar? Worthy of a John Buchan story!

Church Lads Brigade title, perhaps?

Is Crockford’s for that period available online?

JY

Records pre-1835 are on an on-line database.
1835-1967 are in Lambeth Palace Library which holds a sequence of historic copies of Crockford's Clerical Directory for this period and will check them to answer specific enquiries.
I have not approached the library.

Julian,

Put in a personal approach given the present incumbent’s connection to the Zulu War.

JY

The present incumbent? Fra. Christopher Wilson? How is he connected to the Zulu War?

Julian,

Correct me if I am wrong, I believe that the present incumbent of Lambeth Palace is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

JY

Sorry, I thought you were referring to the parish of Leamington Spa!!

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