NAM.2016-10-10-18

Photograph of seven men on a tennis court at Government House, Natal, 1876, two of whom are African, and stand near the net. The five Government officials are in tennis whites with rackets. They have been identified as: 1. Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (In the middle, hand in pocket), Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Natal 2. Frederick Napier Broome, (wearing black socks), Colonial Secretary of Natal) 3. Francis Seymour Haden, (wearing a tie), Colonial Secretary of Natal) 4. Major Dartnell (First on the left) 5. W H Beaumont (right-hand side, tallest) From an album of 40 photographs most likely belonging to the family of Sir John Dartnell, primarily of South Africa in the 1870s. It features various groups and personalities, including Lord Chelmsford and his Staff, and images of the the Natal Mounted Police, which Dartnell raised.