Henry Scott Thornicroft, nicknamed "Dongolosi"(16 January 1868London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 – 19 March 1944) was a British Native Commissioner in Petauke, in North-Western Rhodesia and later Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) for 17 years and later a Justice of the Peace in Fort Jameson (now Chipata).
Thornicroft was born in St Pancras, London,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 the son of coal merchant Thomas Thornicroft and his wife, Matilda.1871 England Census In Rhodesia, Harry Thornicroft married a local woman and had 11 children, including Gaston Thornicroft, later a leader of the coloured community. Thornicroft's Giraffe, a subspecies of giraffe endemic to the Luangwa Valley, is named after him, from a specimen which he had shot and sent to the Natural History Museum, London, where it was displayed.
He died in Northern Rhodesia.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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