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MS Shelf: 
FOX
MS Date: 
1882 - 1924
MS Extent: 
6 files
MS Bibliography: 

Article by B J Leverton In: Beyers, C J (ed) Dictionary of South African Biography. Vol. V. Pretoria: HSRC, 1987.

MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Historical note: 

Frank Ernest Augustus Cock Foxon, b. 1861, Noordsberg, Natal. In 1880 he joined the Natal public service as a magisterial clerk and interpreter, and later became a magistrate, serving in various parts of Natal during his career. From 1915-22 he was Chief Magistrate at Pietermaritzburg. Foxon served in the Imperial Transport Regiment during the Zulu War, 1879, and as an intelligence agent during the South African War, 1899- 1902. During the Bhambatha Rebellion, 1906, he commanded a squadron of Natal Carbineers, and in World War I, 1914-1918, was responsible for the organization of Natal rifle associations. In 1898 he married Edith Eames and they had 7 children. He died in 1943

MS Title: 
Frank Ernest Foxon papers
MS Scope and Content: 

Collection comprises 5 bound volumes including 2 diaries, 1882-91 and 1900-1912, a letterbook, 1891-1903, and 1 file of miscellaneous material. There are some photographs, as well as postcards of Port Shepstone

MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309108
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, typescripts, printed material, photographs

Manuscript Inventory:

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