BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Captain Arthur Hume
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Occupation:camp commandant
Notes:Initially DC in Bloemfontein before being appointed to the camps.
Unique ID:69
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date arrival:17/1/1900
Date departure:31/07/1901
Date departure:4/7/1901
Reason departure:resigned; to become RM Boshof
Destination:Cape Town
Date appointed (as staff):16/2/1901
Notes:6/4/1901: Hume, District Commissioner, to DA: re town council meetings, asked to be excused until such time as this camp becomes more settled. I find my time is fully taken up with the camp.
Sources
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC479, 5/3/1901, Report on Bloemfontein camp
Title:CO 26 Correspondence
Type:Secretary to the ORC Administration
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:26
Notes:2348/01: 4/7/1901: Hume to Secy ORC Admin
Title:CO 10 Correspondence: 696/01-801/01
Type:Secretary to the ORC Administration
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:10
Notes:731/01: 6/4/1901: Hume, District Commissioner, to DA and related correspondence
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC479, 5/3/1901, Report on Bloemfontein camp
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC479, 5/3/1901, Report on Bloemfontein camp
Title:MG 1 Incoming letters
Type:Incoming letters
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:1
Dates:May 1900-Feb 1901
Notes:

A Hume, DC Bloemfontein to Military Governor, Bloemfontein. Report for January 1901.

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.