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Henry Bartle Frere | |
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| Commissioner of Sind | |
| In office 1851–1859 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Richard Keith Pringle |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Duncan Inverarity |
| Governor of Bombay | |
| In office 1862–1867 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir George Russell Clerk |
| Succeeded by | William Vesey-FitzGerald |
| High Commissioner for Southern Africa | |
| In office 1877–1880 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Barkly |
| Succeeded by | Henry Hugh Clifford acting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1815 Clydach, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Died | 29 May 1884 (aged 69) Wimbledon, London, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | East India Company College |
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI, PC (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, as High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1877–1880), he implemented a set of policies which attempted to impose a British confederation on the region and which led to the overthrow of the Cape Colony's first elected government in 1878 and to a string of regional wars, culminating in the invasion of Zululand (1879) and the First Boer War (1880–1881). The British Prime Minister, Gladstone, recalled Frere to London to face charges of misconduct; Whitehall officially censured Frere for acting recklessly.