Frederick York St Leger was the
Irish
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founder of the ''
Cape Times
The ''Cape Times'' is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
the newspaper had a daily readership of 261 000 and a circulation of 34 523. By the fourth quarter of ...
'' newspaper in South Africa, and an
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
priest.
Early life and family
He was born into an
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...
family in
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
, Ireland, on 20 March 1833.
He married Christiana Emma Mudelle of
Maidstone, Kent
Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with ...
, England, in 1856, and they moved to South Africa, where they went on to have eight children, their eldest being Frederick Luke St Leger (1857 - 1938), another son Colonel
Stratford Edward St Leger (1867-1935) was a member of the
Royal Irish Regiment. His granddaughter was the artist and poet Joan St Leger Lindbergh.
Career
The Revd. F.Y. St. Leger served as headmaster at
St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from 1859 to 1862.
In 1873 and 74, he was an editor and journalist for the ''Diamond Field'' newspaper of
Griqualand West
Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km2 that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people – a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, wh ...
.
In 1875, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the
Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope
The Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope functioned as the legislature of the Cape Colony, from its founding in 1853, until the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, when it was dissolved and the Parliament of South Africa was establish ...
, as one of the representatives for
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
.
He founded and edited the first issue of the ''
Cape Times
The ''Cape Times'' is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
the newspaper had a daily readership of 261 000 and a circulation of 34 523. By the fourth quarter of ...
'' on 27 March 1876.
St. Leger died at
Newlands, Cape Town
Newlands (Nuweland) is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. The neighborhood ...
, on 28 March 1901.
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1833 births
1901 deaths
White South African people
Frederick York
Irish emigrants to South Africa
South African journalists
South African newspaper editors
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
People educated at St Paul's School, London
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