About Henry Latham Currey
Lived 1863 – 1945 (aged 81–82). Henry Latham Currey was a South African politician.
Henry Latham Currey (1863 – 1945), also known as Harry Currey was a British politician in the Cape Colony.
Biography Currey was the son of John Blades Currey and Mary Margaret Christian, daughter of Ewan Christian. Despite however the rift between them, Rhodes's friendship to the father did not change.
In 1897, Currey was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, he was returned to the House of Assembly of South Africa until 1915.
He married Ethelreda Fairbridge, daughter of Charles Aken Fairbridge at St Paul's Church in Rondebosch and had by her three sons and two daughters. Currey's wife died in 1941 and he survived her for four years, dying in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
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South African politician
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Henry Latham Currey was born in 1863.
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Henry Latham Currey died in 1945.
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Henry Latham Currey was South African.
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