Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (1841 – 1904) Letter from the e...

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (1841 – 1904) Letter from the explorer HM Stanley, to Mr & Mrs Weymouth To Mr & Mrs Weymouth of Christchurch, New Zealand Dated January 28th 1892 Thanking them for an informative visit to the Belfast Freezing Works (Stanley was in New Zealand giving a lecture tour) Note: Sir Henry Morton Stanley, originally named John Rowlands, born in 1841 in Denbigh in Wales and was a celebrated British-U.S. explorer of central Africa. An illegitimate child, Stanley grew up partly in a workhouse; he sailed to the U.S. as a cabin boy in 1859. After becoming a journalist for the New York Herald in 1867, in 1871 he embarked on a journey to locate David Livingstone of whom little had been heard since his departure for Africa in 1866. On finding him at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika, Stanley uttered the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” He further explored central Africa for extended periods between 1874 and 1884, often in the service of Leopold II of Belgium, for whom he paved the way for the creation of the Congo Free State. Stanley’s last expedition (1888) was for the relief of Mehmed Emin Pasha, who had been cut off by the Mahdist revolt in the Sudan; he escorted Emin and 1,500 others to the eastern coast. His highly popular books include Through the Dark Continent (1878) and In Darkest Africa (1890). He died on May 10th 1904 in London. From the estate of the Lamorna artist Eleanor Hughes, née Waymouth, thence by descent. Mr & Mrs. Frederick Waymouth and their family lived in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand, in their grand home 'Karewa' now known as 'Mona Vale,' an important historic homestead. Mr Waymouth, a successful businessman, was the managing director of Canterbury Frozen Meats, and with his wife Alice, were prominent members of Christchurch society.