Position, patriotism, pluck, plunging : a biography of Sir John Christopher Willoughby, Baronet (1859-1918) /
Hartridge, Digby,author.
Sir John Christopher Willoughby was the military commander on the Jameson Raid into the Transvaal, which was defeated at Doornkop on 2 January 1896. It can be seen as a turning point in the fortunes of Empire. The biography seeks to understand how Leander Starr Jameson and in particular his friend Sir John can have made such a disastrous mistake.
Includes bibliographical references (pages v-xxiv) and index.
Preamble -- Sir John Christopher Willoughby -- Antecedents -- Eton -- The military -- Egyptian Revolt 1882 -- Sir John's social circle -- Landowner -- Pigeon-shooting -- The turf -- Nile Campaign 1884-85 -- Big game hunting -- The scramble for Africa -- The occupation of Mashonaland 1890 -- The Eastern border -- The Beira affair -- The Boer scare -- Zambesi expedition -- Excavations at Great Zimbabwe -- Frontier town -- Ophir? -- War clouds -- Matabele War 1893 -- Opinions of Willoughby -- Life in the Bushveld -- Boomtowns -- Resuming the rounds -- Jameson Raid 1895-96 -- The trial -- Prison -- The Select Committees -- Rehabilitation -- Rebellion in Rhodesia -- Sir William Milton & constitutional development -- Sir John the entrepreneur -- Second Boer War : siege of Ladysmith 1899-1900 -- Second Boer War : relief of Mafeking 1900 -- Edwardian Baronet -- 20th century businessman -- Nobless Oblige in the 20th century -- In the courts -- Lured back to the turf -- In the Old Country -- The Great War -- Death -- Consequences -- Contribution -- Author's endnote -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Index.
Sir John Christopher Willoughby was the military commander on the Jameson Raid into the Transvaal, which was defeated at Doornkop on 2 January 1896. It can be seen as a turning point in the fortunes of Empire. The biography seeks to understand how Leander Starr Jameson and in particular his friend Sir John can have made such a disastrous mistake.
Willoughby, John C. (John Christopher), 1859-
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