HC Deb 04 December 1888 vol 331 c1022
DR. CLARK (Caithness)

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether there is any truth in the statement that Sir Henry Blake is to succeed Sir Hercules Robinson as Governor of the Cape?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)

There is no intention of advising the Queen to appoint Sir Henry Blake to be Governor of the Cape Colony.