Hon. Maj. William S. Driver

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William Impey Stanford Driver

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: September 01, 1948 (76)
Bela-Bela, Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Henry Driver and Maria Boyce Driver
Husband of Mary Mitford Driver
Father of Mary Mitford Stanford Levin; Captain John Ogilvie Stanford Driver; Charles (Bob) Lennox Stanford Driver; William Gordon Stanford Driver; Margaret Elinor Stanford Fitzsimons and 1 other
Brother of Harriet Maud Cronin; Mary Thackwray Titterton; Annie Shaw Chawner; Dorothy Driver and Harry Thackwray Driver

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About Hon. Maj. William S. Driver

William Impey Stanford Driver was in the Cape C.S. until 1895,then in the Rhodesian C.S. until 1901. Then he was Native Commissioner in the Transvaal until 1927. He then farmed in the Waterberg area, taking a prominent part in public affairs. He served in the Matabele Rebellion as a Lieut. and in the Transvaal Rebellion as a Captain. He served in the First World War in East Africa and retired as Hon. Major (Mil. Political). He died at Warmbaths 1.9.1948. He married Mary Mitford, daughter of John Ogilvie Norton, M.P. for Albany, and had four sons and two daughters.

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Hon. Maj. William S. Driver's Timeline

1872
April 28, 1872
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1900
April 1, 1900
Selukwe, Midlands, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
1902
November 25, 1902
1904
February 25, 1904
1907
May 7, 1907
1909
April 25, 1909
South Africa
1912
March 20, 1912
1948
September 1, 1948
Age 76
Bela-Bela, Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa