Ernest James Lennox Berkeley

In 1876 he was commissioned into the British Army, becoming first a sub-lieutenant in the 57th Foot and the following year he transferred to the 60th Rifles.^[2] He resigned from the army in September 1877.^[2]

After leaving the army, he pursued a career in political service, and in 1885 he became the British Vice Consul for East Africa. He subsequently passed examinations and in 1891 was appointed Consul for Zanzibar.^[3] He simultaneously acted as Administrator of the Imperial British East Africa Company's territories between 1891 and 1892.^[1] He was appointed as the British Commissioner and Consul-General for Uganda between 1895 and 1899. He thereafter left East Africa, when he was made Consul-General for Tunis in the French protectorate of Tunisia between 1899 and 1920. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 1897 and Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1921.^[4]

He died on 24 October 1932 aged 75.^[1]