Dick King
Male, Deceased Person
1813 – 1871
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Who was Dick King?
Richard Philip "Dick" King was an English trader and colonist at Port Natal, a British trading station in the region now known as KwaZulu-Natal. He is best known for a historic horseback ride in 1842, where he completed a journey of 960 kilometres in 10 days, to request help for the besieged British garrison at Port Natal.
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