| Bousfield | H R | | Major | He was born in Winchester, Hants, May 3, 1863, and is the eldest son of Rt Reverend Henry Brougham Bousfield, DD, Bishop of Pretoria; was educated at All Hallowes, Honiton, and Sherborne. He was attached to HM Ordnance Department, Transvaal, 1879-80 (Zulu and Sekukuni wars); joined the Transvaal Civil Service (Colonel Secretary's Department), 1880, and was employed on staff duties during the siege of Pretoria in the Boer War of 1880-1; attached Acct. General's Department of the Army at Pretoria, Aug, 1881, and was appointed to the Natal Civil Service in the following Sep Subsequently he became Chief Clerk to the RM, Durban, and Registrar of the Circuit Court; JP for the County, 1886; and acting Magistrate in Durban in 1889. He resigned the Natal Civil Service in Oct, 1890, and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in November, 1892. He was admitted Advocate of the Supreme Courts of Natal (1893), and the Cape of Good Hope (1899), and a Commissioner in Natal of the Supreme Court of the Transvaal in 1902. He joined the Royal Durban Rifles as Lieut, in 1886, was Captain in Natal Royal Rifles, 1888, receiving his majority and the command of the Durban Light Infantry in 1893, and transferred to the Reserve, Natal Volunteers, 1895. During the Boer War he acted as Station Staff Officer at Durban, 1899-1900, being mentioned in despatches and receiving the medal and CMG, 1902. Colonel Bousfield retired from the Service early in 1902 with the hon. rank of Lt. Colonel, and in Feb, 1905, rejoined the Natal Militia Staff (Supernumerary List) as Lt. Colonel He married, Apr 22, 1890, Coral, second daughter of Rt Hon Harry Escombc, PC, QC, LLD, Member of the Legislative Assembly, late Premier of Natal.
Source: List of CMG recipients. Various sources | Natal Volunteer Staff |
