About Edmond Gorges
Lived 1872 – 1924 (aged 52). Edmond Gorges was a politician.
Sir Edmond Howard Lacam Gorges, KCMG, rarely also written Edmund (16 January/11 February 1872 in King William's Town – 18 November 1924 in Cape Town) was a South African politician and Administrator of South West Africa, present-day Namibia.
Gorges became the first civilian South African administrator to assume responsibility for South West Africa on 31 October 1915. He held the office until 1 October 1920. A Baobab ("Sir Howard") in the former Bantustan of Ovamboland is named after him, after Gorges was the first administrator to visit this part of the country in 1916.
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Who was Edmond Gorges?
South African politician (1872–1924)
When was Edmond Gorges born?
Edmond Gorges was born on 16 January 1872.
When did Edmond Gorges die?
Edmond Gorges died on 18 November 1924.
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Edmond Gorges was a politician.
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