Bertram Mitford
Mitford was a contemporary of H. Rider Haggard.
Mitford wrote 42 novels and one non-fiction book.
Brian Stringer, who lives in Britain, is also very interested in Mitford and his books, and I am indebted to Brian for his contributions of information and photos.
Below: a short biography of Mitford borrowed from Who's Who in the Zulu War, 1879: The British By Adrian Greaves, Ian Knight
Below: a screenshot of https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=our%20arms%20zululand&rn=2
Below: a review of Mitford's first book
Mitford's second published book was a non-fiction account of his travels through the Zulu country of South Africa
Click the photo to see more about THROUGH THE ZULU COUNTRY
Click on any of the front cover images, below, of Mitford's 42 novels to learn more and to see additional images.
1900
1913
1910
1894
1903
1910
1896
1889
1897
1908
1905
1892
1893
1906
1903
1911
1904
1898
1913
1900
1894
1909
1894-The Luck of GR
1904
1905
1910
1894
1912
1899
1912
1912
1896
1904
1901
1892
1895
1903
1900
1891
1907
1895
1902
Mitford also written the following short stories:
An Incident of the Wild West (The Idler, Nov 1894) [images of the pages are available on archive.org https://archive.org/details/idler00unkngoog/page/n435/mode/2up]
From my research on the Internet, Mitford may have also written the following short stories:The Umpunga Skull (The Story-teller, Jan 1908)
The Scorpion-Charm (Nash's Magazine, Jul 1909)
The House on the Kloof Side (The Story-teller, Jul 1909)
The following information about Mitford I received from Brian Stringer
1855 born 13th June, Bath, England (confirmed)
1861 Census, living in Kent England (with 2 sisters and 1 brother - parents abroad) (confirmed)
1870 entered Hurstpierpoint College, England (confirmed)
1874 Left College (confirmed). Sailed to Cape Colony (unconfirmed, but in all biographical references)
1881 Census, living in Cheltenham, England (confirmed)
1882 Travelling the battlefields of the Zulu war in South Africa
1886 Marriage to Zima Helen Gentle (9th March), formerly Ebden, in Brighton, England (confirmed). Zima married Alexander Gentle in 1874 (confirmed) but was divorced prior to marrying Mitford. Zima was born in South Africa.
1886 Proprietor of East London Advertiser, South Africa. (confirmed)
1887 Daughter, Yseulte Helen, born 3rd June, London, England (confirmed)
1888 Sold East London Advertiser (confirmed)
1891 Census, living London with wife and daughter (confirmed)
1891 Son, Roland Bertram, born in London, England
1914 Mitford died, 4th October, in Cowfold, England (confirmed) of liver disease
1915 Zima died, 11th March, in South Africa (5 months after Mitford)(unconfirmed but on internet)
Two photos that I found on the Internet. To me they look like Mitford, so I have no reason to assume that they are not him.
Below: a poem titled THE DEFENSE OF RORKE'S DRIFT, found in a 1908 publication, but likely originally published in OUR ARMS IN ZULULAND
