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Sir Alfred Sharpe (K.C.M.G., C.B.) H.M. Commissioner and Consul-General for the British Central Africa Protectorate. First governor of Nyasaland. Born 19 May 1853 in Lancaster – 10 December 1935) was a professional hunter who became aBritish colonial administrator and Commissioner (a de facto Governor) of the British Central Africa Protectorate from 1896 until 1910 (it changed its name to Nyasaland in 1907). He had a hand in some dramatic events which shaped south-Central Africa at the onset of colonialism.

Contents [hide] 1 The scramble for Katanga 1.1 Background 1.2 Sharpe reaches Kazembe's 1.3 On to Msiri's 1.4 Returns to Lake Tanganyika 2 Becomes British Commissioner in Nyasaland 2.1 Punitive expedition against Mwata Kazembe 2.2 Later years 2.3 Descendants left in Zambia 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit]The scramble for Katanga

[edit]Background

Administrative/Biographical history: Born, (May 19, 1853, Lancaster, Lancashire, Eng.— died Dec. 10, 1935, London), ; acting stipendiary magistrate, Fiji, 1885-1886; helped establish the British Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malaŵi) and obtain portions of central East Africa (now in Zambia) for the British Empire.