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3 unusual facts about Hugh Marshall Hole


Avondale, Harare

The first official marriage ceremony in Zimbabwe took place on Avondale farm in 1894 when the Count de la Panouse was married to Fanny Pearson (Countess Billie) by Lt Col. Marshall Hole, the Chief Magistrate of Salisbury.

Hugh Marshall Hole

Marshall Hole is best known for issuing "Marshall Hole currency" in Bulawayo in 1900.

In 1901 Marshall Hole took up the position of private secretary to Sir Starr Jameson in Mashonaland (who was shortly to be appointed Administrator of the Company's territories).



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