DescriptionMemorial to Melville Raymond Portal and Gerald Herbert Portal in Winchester Cathedral.jpg
English: Captain Melville Raymond Portal, Loyal North Lancs Regiment who died for his country at Kampala in Uganda while serving under his brother Gerald. Eldest son of Melville and Lady Charlotte Portal of Laverstoke Hants. Born 9 October 1856. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Died 27 May 1893.
Sir Gerald Herbert Portal C.B. K.C.M.G. Diplomatist. Administrator. Explorer. Who displayed in his brief career the resolution, the wisdom and the heroic courage by which empires are built by and by which alone they can be sustained. Second son of Melville and Lady Charlotte Portal of Laverstoke, Hants. Born 13 March 1858. Educated at Eton, Special Envoy to Abyssinia 1887, Consul General at Zanzibar 1891
Commissioner in East Africa and Head of the Mission to Uganda 1892. Died 25 January 1894.
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.