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Place of birth:

Halesworth Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

January 1, 1777 • Birth Sign: Capricorn

Citizenship:

Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Death date:

May 25, 1849 (72 years old)

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Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban (16 February 1777 – 25 May 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa). Durban (formerly called Port Natal), the third-largest city in South Africa, was renamed in his honor.

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