JOHN WODEHOUSE, 1ST EARL OF KIMBERLEY


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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley

Unless we are prepared to use frequent force, we must put up with things being done…that the majority of people in this country do not approve.
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The English colonial administrators in South Africa and London were appalled at the discrimination against the Black majority practiced by the whites. The white Boers in particular saw them as little more than slaves.

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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG KP PC DL (7 January 1826 – 8 April 1902), known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably as Secretary of State for the Colonies and as Foreign Secretary.