Background
He was born on 28 January 1872 in Emsworth in Hampshire in Great Britain to Mr Edwin Galt Justice of the Peace, and Mrs Marion Galt.
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Harry Galt
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He attended Lancing College for his education.
Career
Being taken to the British colony of Uganda, he was first appointed as the tax collector of the Ankole Sub-region. He was later appointed as the sub-commissioner of the Western Uganda province the British protectorate. When the local people started talking about the cruelty of the man, a fellow native man name Rutaraka got annoyed with the officers acts and he got a spear, headed towards Galt who was sitting in the government house compound and threw it to him and it struck him in the chest.
Galt died after a short time.
The colonial government investigated the cause of Galt"s death, however for them they thought it was politically motivated and they sentenced two Ankole chiefs a death penalty which was later cancelled on appeal by the British East African Court. Rutaraka was later found dead as he committed suicide by hanging himself fearing of what will follow.
The Galt"s body was taken for burial and Colonial government punished the natives by making them pile stones to cover the blood of Galt. They piled stones making a pyramid-like feature with a length of 5 Metres Length and 3 metres height which stands there up to now (2015) in Galt"s memory.
A street in Mbarara has been named after him, Galt road which starts on Stanley road on Booma hill opposite the Public Library.
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Religion
Catholic Church