Background
ANTROBUS, Reginald Laurence was born on September 5, 1853 in St. John’s Withyham, Sussex. Son of Reverend George Antrobus and Henrietta, daughter of Reverend Robert Gream.
ANTROBUS, Reginald Laurence was born on September 5, 1853 in St. John’s Withyham, Sussex. Son of Reverend George Antrobus and Henrietta, daughter of Reverend Robert Gream.
Winchester; New College, Oxford (Scholar, 1872). 1st class Moderations, Classics, 1874. 2nd class Final Classical School, 1876.
Bachelor of Arts 1876.
Appointed, after an open competitive exam., to be a clerk in the Colonial Office, 1877. Assistant private secretary to E. of Kimberley, 1880-1882. Private secretary to 15th Earl of Derby, 1882-1885.
To Colonel Right Honourable F. A. Stanley, Member of Parliament (afterwards 16th Earl of Derby), 1885-1886. To Earl Granville, 1886. Acted as Governor of St. Helena, 1889-1890.
Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1898- 1909. Decorated for services in connection with the negotiations with France relating to West Africa, 1897-1898. Crown Agent for the Colonies since 1909.