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William Jervis Livingstone was born on 8 March 1865 at Bachuil, Isle of Lismore, Argyllshire, in Scotland. His father, Alexander Livingstone (1815-1906), was a Baptist minister and his mother Jessie (née McPherson, 1824–99) was Alexander’s second wife.
Shortly before his death in November 1893, Bruce had appointed two managers for his principal estates in Nyasaland. These were William Jervis Livingstone, who took control of the main estate of Magomero (Chiradzulu District) and D. B. Ritchie in charge of the Likulezi Estate at Mlanje. Initially, Agnes assumed oversight of the A. L. Bruce Trust ...
Their burning of Chilembwe's church in November 1913 created a personal animosity with the rebel leadership. [11] The insurgents launched two roughly concurrent attacks—one group targeted Magomero, the plantation headquarters and home of the main manager William Jervis Livingstone and a few other white staff, while a second assaulted the plantation-owned village of Mwanje, where there were ...
The insurgents launched two roughly concurrent attacks—one group targeted Magomero, the plantation headquarters and home of the main manager William Jervis Livingstone and a few other white staff, while a second assaulted the plantation-owned village of Mwanje, where there were two white households. [29] [37]
Agnes (born 1847, in Chonuane), the daughter of David Livingstone and his wife Mary, married Alexander Low Bruce (born 1839) in 1875, and they had four children.The first child was a son, David Livingstone Bruce (1877–1915), the second child was a daughter who died young, the third child and second son was Alexander Livingstone Bruce (born 1881), and the fourth child was a daughter Annie ...
The raid on the plantation resulted in the deaths of plantation manager William Jervis Livingstone and two associates along with an African servant. Chilembwe also sent a letter to the Governor of German East Africa requesting military and diplomatic support from Germany , but the letter was intercepted and never received.
William Livingstone may refer to: William Livingstone House, located in the Brush Park district of Detroit, Michigan, United States; William Livingstone, 6th Lord Livingston (died 1592), Scottish lord of Parliament; William Jervis Livingstone (1865–1915), Scottish planter in Africa; William Livingstone (minister), 17th-century minister and ...
Cotton required intensive labour over a long growing period, and the estate manager William Jervis Livingstone (reputed to be a distant relative of David Livingstone) ensured that 5,000 workers were available on the Magomero estate throughout that five- or six-month period by exploiting the obligations of the migrant labour tenancy system ...