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H. Rider Haggard is born
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His father sent him away
Haggard's father sent him to what is now South Africa to take up an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Natal. -
Announcement
It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria in April 1877 for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. -
Registrar of high court
He became Registrar of the High Court in the Transvaal, and wrote to his father informing him that he intended to return to England and marry her. -
Married
When Haggard eventually returned to England, he married a friend of his sister, (Mariana) Louisa Margitson. -
Moved back to England
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Books Dedicated
Three of his books, The Wizard (1896), Elissa; the Doom of Zimbabwe (1899), and Black Heart and White Heart; a Zulu Idyll (1900), are dedicated to Burnham's daughter -
Lilly returned to England
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Lilly died
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H. Rider Haggard Died
age 68