Gedge, Ernest

Ernest Gedge (1862-1935) was born in Ludborough, Lincolnshire, England. When he was 17 years old he went to Assam in India to work as an assistant manager on a tea estate. He left India in 1888 when he joined the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC). In 1889, Gedge assisted Sir Frederick Jackson when the latter led the IBEAC pioneer caravan into Uganda. When Sir Frederick Lugard arrived in Uganda, in 1891, Gedge voluntarily placed himself under his command.

During 1892 and 1893, Gedge worked as a special correspondent for the Times . He covered Sir Gerald Portal's mission to settle the religious disputes in Uganda, and in September 1893 reported on the Matabeleland campaigns. In January 1894 he returned to England and in the same year married Caroline Carr. He spent the years 1894 to 1896 in England, with the exception of business trips to Bulawayo and Johannesburg during 1895 and 1896.

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