Pine's Natal Lieutenant-Governorship and the Unverified 1873 Claim
- When
- 1850–1855
- Where
- Colony of Natal
Pine served as Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Colony from 1850 to 1855; the legacy row's 22 July 1873 appointment date is unsupported.
Pine became a career officer in the British Colonial Service and from 1850 to 1855 was Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Colony. The passages state that his title was Governor of Antigua until 1873, with the Leeward Islands continuing under his governorship, which contradicts the legacy row's claim of a Natal appointment on 22 July 1873. That date is therefore quarantined as unverifiable, and Pietermaritzburg is likewise unsupported as the location of the claimed appointment.
Sources
- Benjamin Pine Wikipedia, revision of 2025-09-16
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