Sir Thomas Upington | |
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 Thomas Upington, from a portrait in Het Volksblad, 1883. | |
| Prime Minister of the Cape Colony | |
| In office 13 May 1884 – 24 November 1886 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor | Sir Leicester Smyth Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth |
| Preceded by | Thomas Charles Scanlen |
| Succeeded by | John Gordon Sprigg |
| Attorney-General of Cape Colony | |
| In office Jan 1896 – May 1898 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Sprigg |
| Preceded by | W P Schreiner |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Graham |
| In office May 1884 – Jul 1890 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Sprigg |
| Preceded by | James Leonard |
| Succeeded by | James Rose Innes |
| In office Feb 1878 – Jan 1881 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Sprigg |
| Preceded by | Andries Stockenström |
| Succeeded by | James Leonard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1844 Mallow, County Cork United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 December 1898 (aged 54) Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Nationality | Anglo-Irish |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Guerin |
| Children | 2 sons, 3 daughters |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Sir Thomas Upington KCMG (1844–1898), born in Cork, Ireland, was an administrator and politician of the Cape Colony.
He was briefly Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, between 1884 and 1886, during a period of extreme turbulence in the Cape's history.
The town of Upington in the Northern Cape is named after him, as was the short-lived Boer republic of Upingtonia.