Early life
He was born on 21 March 1856 at Chichester, Sussex, the fifth son of Richard Martin Dane, an army staff surgeon, and Sophia Eliza, the daughter of Colonel Charles Griffiths who had served in the First Anglo-Afghan War. Richard Morris Dane, was his brother. He was educated at Dr Stackpole's school in Kingstown, Dublin and passed his examinations for the Indian Civil Service in 1874. He married Edith Norman on 3 March 1882.Civil service
In 1876, he was posted to the Punjab, India, Punjab as assistant commissioner in Dera Ghazi Khan. In 1879, he became private secretary to Sir Robert Egerton, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. He became Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in 1903. In 1904, the Dane Mission, named for his leadership, was sent by the British to Afghanistan to negotiate the friendship agreement with the country's new List of monarchs of Afghanistan, Amir, Habibullah Khan. The mission resulted in a reinforcement of the agreements between the British and Abdur Rahman Khan, Habibullah's father and predecessor as Amir. Afghanistan was a key player in The Great Game, and Dane's mission confirmed Britain's control over Afghanistan's foreign policy, and therefore gave the British the upper hand over the Russians. In 1908, he was appointed Lieutenant-governor in the Punjab, a post from which he retired in 1913.Football
In 1928, Dane led a consortium of businessmen to found Thames A.F.C, following the construction of West Ham Stadium in the same year. In an interview with the ''Stratford Express'', published on 1 August 1928, Dane said he believed West Ham Stadium, which had a capacity of 120,000, was "a wonderful stadium – one of the finest in the Country". Despite the Thames' facilities and the signing of former Football League First Division, First Division players, such as Jimmy Dimmock and Henry White (footballer, born 1895), Henry White, the club never caught the imagination of the public, with the club setting a record low English Football League, Football League attendance of 469 for a game against Luton Town F.C., Luton Town on 6 December 1930. By 1932, following repeated poor finishes in the Football League Third Division South, Third Division South, financial pressure and low attendances, Thames were wound up.Caxton Hall assassination
On 13 March 1940, Dane was one of four victims of a shooting at the Caxton Hall by Indian nationalism, Indian nationalist Udham Singh. Dane's successor (in 1913) as lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, Michael O'Dwyer, was killed instantly. Dane's arm was broken by a bullet; Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, Lawrence Dundas, formerly Secretary of State for India, Secretary of State for India and Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, Charles Cochrane, formerly List of governors of Bombay Presidency, governor of the Bombay presidency were slightly injured.Death
Dane died at his home in South Kensington, London, on 22 February 1946. He is buried at Southampton Old Cemetery .References
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