Sir Thomas Ekins Fuller (1831–1910) was editor of the ''

Cape Argus The ''Cape Argus'' is a daily newspaper co-founded in 1857 by Saul Solomon and published by Sekunjalo in Cape Town, South Africa. It is commonly referred to as ''The Argus''. Although not the first English-language newspaper in South Afric ...

'' newspaper and a prominent Member of the Legislative Assembly of the

Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with t ...

. Initially a moderate follower of the "Cape Liberal Tradition", he advocated for responsible government (local democracy) in the 1860s as editor of the ''

'' newspaper (1864-1873). He also supported the inclusive, locally oriented politics of his liberal allies at the time. 1902 Colonial Conference

Between 1873 and 1875 he worked with immigration in London, before returning to the Cape to become General Manager of the Union Steamship Company (1875-1898) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the

(MLA for

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, 1879-1900). Although initially a liberal, in later life, he came to be greatly influenced by the imperialist Cecil Rhodes, of whom he eventually became a devoted admirer. Finally in 1898, he even became a director of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company.https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fuller,_Thomas_Ekins_%28DNB12%29

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* Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Fuller 19th-century South African people South African newspaper editors 19th-century journalists Male journalists 1831 births 1910 deaths 19th-century male writers {{WesternCape-politician-stub