Person

Metcalfe, Charles

1852–1928

Sir Charles Metcalfe and John Blue, two engineers, were sent out by the Exploring Company to undertake a survey of the line from Kimberley to Vryburg ... Sir Charles Metcalfe, a man of outstanding ability and culture, was an old friend of Rhodes from his Oxford days and a fellow believer in an all-British route from Cairo to the Cape ... onsulting engineer to the British South Africa Company