Who was a former secretary of a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, born in 1853?
Robert Coryndon Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon (2 April 1870 – 10 February 1925) was a British colonial administrator, a former secretary of Cecil Rhodes who became Governor of the colonies of Uganda (1918–1922) and Kenya (1922–1925).
Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet, of Wilbraham Place Colonel Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Baronet (17 December 1853–) was a British Army officer and military administrator, serving as Permanent Secretary of the War Office. He was a notable reformer of army administration, improving efficiency of mobilization, medical services and supplies.