Frederick York St Leger was the Irish founder of the Cape Times newspaper in South Africa, and an Anglican priest.
[1] He married Christiana Emma Mudelle of Maidstone, Kent, England, in 1856, and they moved to South Africa, where they went on to have eight children, their eldest being Frederick Luke St Leger (1857 - 1938), another son Colonel Stratford Edward St Leger (1867-1935) was a member of the Royal Irish Regiment.
[2] His granddaughter was the artist and poet Joan St Leger Lindbergh.
St. Leger served as headmaster at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from 1859 to 1862.
[3] In 1873 and 74, he was an editor and journalist for the Diamond Field newspaper of Griqualand West.