# Sir Alfred Milner - High Commissioner for Southern Africa

URL: https://allhistories.com/lesotho/rulers/sir-alfred-milner-1897
Reign: 5 May 1897 – May 1905
Number in the list: 47
Dynasty: British Crown (High Commission Territories)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Southern_Africa

High Commissioner for Southern Africa, the British official to whom the Resident Commissioner of Basutoland reported. Dates from Wikipedia's High Commissioner article (month/year only for some entries).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [William Goodenough](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/rulers/william-goodenough-1897)
- Next in list: [Sir Herbert Cecil Sloley (second term)](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/rulers/sir-herbert-cecil-sloley-second-term-1901)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1897 - [Victoria England Blanket Introduced](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1897-victoria-england-blanket-introduced)
- 1898 - [Civil War at Thaba Bosiu: Lerotholi Against Masopha](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1898-civil-war-at-thaba-bosiu-lerotholi-against-masopha)
- 1899 - [Basutoland Stays Neutral in the Second Boer War](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1899-basutoland-stays-neutral-in-the-second-boer-war)
- 1903 - [First Sitting of the Basutoland National Council](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1903-first-sitting-of-the-basutoland-national-council)
- 1905 - [Letsie II Elected Paramount Chief](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1905-letsie-ii-elected-paramount-chief)
- 1905 - [Railway Reaches Maseru](https://allhistories.com/lesotho/timeline/1905-railway-reaches-maseru)