Colonel Frank Rhodes, who, while acting as war correspondent for "The Times", was wounded in the attack on the Khalifa's force at Omdurman. He was in active service in the First Royal Dragoons, acted subsequently as military secretary to Lord Harris when
Viceroy of India, and retired on half-pay in 1889.
He was managing director of the African Transcontinental Telegraph Company. He retired in 1903.
The death is announced of Colonel Frank Rhodes, at Cape Town, from
blackwater fever contracted in Uganda.
Colonel Frank Rhodes, who, while acting as war correspondent for "The Times", was wounded in the attack on the Khalifa's force at Omdurman. He was in active service in the First Royal Dragoons, acted subsequently as military secretary to Lord Harris when
Viceroy of India, and retired on half-pay in 1889.
He was managing director of the African Transcontinental Telegraph Company. He retired in 1903.
The death is announced of Colonel Frank Rhodes, at Cape Town, from
blackwater fever contracted in Uganda.
Family Members
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Herbert Rhodes
1845–1879
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Miss Louisa Sophia Margaret Rhodes
1847–1923
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Edith Caroline Rhodes
1848–1905
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Basil Rhodes
1851–1851
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Capt. Ernest Frederick Rhodes
1852–1907
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Cecil John Rhodes
1853–1902
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Frederick Rhodes
1854–1854
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Major Elmhirst Rhodes
1858–1931
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Arthur Montague Rhodes
1859–1936
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Capt. Bernard Maitland Rhodes
1861–1935
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