Jameson, << JAYM suhn >> Sir Leander Starr (1853-1917), was a Scottish doctor born in Edinburgh who went to South Africa in 1878 and became an administrator in the British South Africa Company. As an associate of Cecil Rhodes, he led an unauthorized raid into the Transvaal late in 1895 and was captured by the Boers. Turned over to his own government, he was sentenced to a short term in prison. The “Jameson Raid” helped bring on the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, and, though imprisoned, Jameson became something of a national hero. Later, he was elected to the legislature of Cape Colony and served as prime minister of the colony from 1904 to 1908. He returned to England in 1912, ending his career as president of the South Africa Company.
See also Anglo-Boer Wars .
