Facts: - death date: 13 august 1857 - spouse: caroline rex - birth date: 6 june 1806 - alma mater: the edinburgh st. andrew 's university , military academy , - name: thomas henry duthie - death place: knysna , western cape , south africa - birth place: stirling , scotland - occupation: entrepreneur soldier and farmer , supervisor of crown forests and lands , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas henry duthie .
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captain thomas henry duthie -lrb- 6 june 1806 - 13 october 1857 -rrb- was a scottish member of the 72nd highlanders who arrived in cape town , south africa in 1826 and was stationed at the castle of good hope .duthie married caroline rex , the daughter of the founder of knysna , george rex .he was the owner of the belvidere , brenton and portland estates , the last sold to henry barrington .he was the founder of the holy trinity church of belvidere ; he laid the foundation stone in 1851 and the church was consecrated in 1855 .the duthies hosted many a traveller and scientist of note at belvidere house , like the german christian ferdinand friedrich krauss .captain duthie was also appointed inspector of crown forest and lands .