These were aimed at important persons who may have assembled there, probably Dr. Jameson and Colonel Rhodes who were known to be in town.
This British Eastern Cape political block gradually expanded to become the pro-imperialist "Progressive Party", which later came to power under Cecil Rhodes and Jameson.
The main members included: Oliver, Lord Milner, Lord Carson, Geoffrey Robinson (Geoffrey Dawson), Waldorf Astor, General Henry Wilson, Philip Kerr, Leander Starr Jameson, and David Lloyd George.
Jameson High School was named after Sir Leander Starr Jameson, a doctor and an administrator of the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
They have become famous and a tourist attraction because Cecil John Rhodes famous for his vision that led to foundation of Rhodesia, and other early white pioneers like Leander Starr Jameson, Major Allan Wilson, and most of the members of the Shangani Patrol are buried in these hills at another site named World's View.
Ringo Starr | David Starr Jordan | Bart Starr | Leander Starr Jameson | Jameson | Jenna Jameson | Jameson Raid | Edwin Starr | Gang Starr | Fredric Jameson | Blaze Starr | Starr | Amos Starr Cooke | Kay Starr | Jameson Irish Whiskey | Freddie Starr | Starr Records | S. Frederick Starr | Maurice Starr | Leander | Ken Starr | George Reginald Starr | War (Edwin Starr song) | Patti Starr | Leander Paes | Fredro Starr | Thomas Starr King | Stevie Starr | Steve Starr | Robert Jameson |
Offices were taken in 4 Thurloe Place, London and the committee was chaired by Sir Leander Starr Jameson, leader of the famous Jameson Raid in 1896 and later Prime Minister of Cape Colony.
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).
Leander Starr Jameson had been in charge of Matabeleland when he overstepped his authority and invaded Transvaal with 1 500 troops, greatly exacerbating the many adverse conditions that would lead to both the Second Matabele War and the Second Boer War.
He was in command of the force that rounded up Jameson at Doornkop at the conclusion of the Jameson Raid on 2 January 1896, which is traditionally seen as a precursor to the Second Boer War.
Robert Jameson was the great-uncle of Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Bt, KCMG, CB, British colonial official and inspiration for the Jameson Raid.
Robert William Jameson, WS (1805–1868): A Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, Town Councillor, newspaper editor, poet and playwright, Robert William Jameson was the father of Sir Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman and prime minister, and the nephew of Professor Robert Jameson of the University of Edinburgh.