1865 - 1931
Basil Cave British Diplomat
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Details
| First Name |
Basil
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| Last Name |
Cave
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| Birthday |
14th November, 1865
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| Birthplace |
Mill Hill, Middlesex, England
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| Died |
1931
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| Place of Death |
Tunbridge Wells, London
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Diplomat
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Sir Basil Shillito Cave KCMG CB FRGS (14 November 1865 – 9 October 1931) was a British consul.
He was the son of Thomas Cave, a Liberal Member of Parliament, and one of his brothers was George Cave who would become a Conservative Home Secretary and a Viscount. Basil Cave worked for the Foreign Office as a civil servant and was appointed Vice-Consul of British East Africa in 1891. In 1893 he was placed in command of a number of soldiers during civil disorder on Zanzibar and in 1895 was appointed Consul to the country. The Consul-General, AH Hardinge being away, Cave was responsible for starting the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896. He issued an ultimatum to Khalid bin Barghash who had seized the throne on the death of Sultan Hamad. The resulting 38-minute war, the shortest in history, ended with victory for Britain and the installation of their chosen Sultan, Hamoud bin Mohammed.
