Francis Ernest (Frank) Colenso (1852–1910)

Barrister and campaigner for Zulu rights. Younger son of John William Colenso. BA, Cambridge, 1874. Admitted to the Inner Temple, 1874; called to the bar, 1877. Practised as a barrister in Natal, 1877–9. Assistant secretary and assistant actuary to the Norwich Union, Norwich, from 1879; actuary and secretary to the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association, London, 1886–94; Eagle Insurance Company, London, 1894. Supported his father’s campaign for the rights of the African populations of Natal and Zululand.