Henry Hare Dugmore

[1] The family emigrated when his father was financially ruined after being forced to pay the debts of a relative for whom he had stood surety.

The Dugmore family sailed to South Africa on the vessel Sir George Osborn in 1820 as part of the Gardner party of 1820 Settlers.

In 1830 Dugmore became a committed member of the Wesleyan Methodist church, and began to study for ordination.

Dugmore became fluent in the Xhosa language, and spent the next twenty years undertaking missionary work.

In addition, he became the focus of many visits by missionaries from Europe and North America, and he was noted for his oratory and public speaking on sacred and secular subjects in both English and Xhosa.