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Melmoth Osborn
Sir Melmoth Osborn was a British colonial official in Natal and Zululand. He served as British resident in Zululand after the Anglo-Zulu War and, when Britain annexed the territory in 1887, became its resident commissioner and chief magistrate, governing from Eshowe through magistrates and appointed chiefs. The town of Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal is named after him.
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