George Pomeroy Colley

Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British general and colonial administrator, governor of Natal and high commissioner for south-eastern Africa at the outbreak of the First Boer War. He led the relief force against the Transvaal Boers but was defeated at Laing's Nek and Ingogo, and on 27 February 1881 he was killed when his force was routed at Majuba Hill, a defeat that led Britain to make peace.