Basil Temple Blackwood
"Milner's Kindergarten"
"Milner's Kindergarten"
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Blackwood studied law and was [called to the Bar](/wiki/Call_to_the_bar "Call to the bar") in 1896\.[Harrow Memorials of the Great War: 23 August 1914, to 20 March 1915\. Philip Lee Warner, 1918](https://archive.org/stream/harrowmemorialso05warn#page/n29/mode/1up) In 1900, he was taken to [South Africa](/wiki/South_Africa "South Africa") by [Lord Milner](/wiki/Alfred_Milner%2C_1st_Viscount_Milner "Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner"), who had been appointed High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897 and assembled a body of talented young assistants who became known as "[Milner's Kindergarten](/wiki/Milner%27s_Kindergarten "Milner's Kindergarten")". Blackwood was employed in the Judge Advocate's Department for a year, then was Assistant Colonial Secretary of Orange River Colony from 1901 to 1907\. He became Colonial Secretary of [Barbados](/wiki/Barbados "Barbados") in 1907 and returning to England in 1910, was appointed Assistant Secretary of the [Land Development Commission](/wiki/Land_Development_Commission "Land Development Commission").


Where was Blackwood taken by Lord Milner in 1900?