Dick King

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Dick King was an English trader and colonist in the British colony of D'Urban. King made a heroic horseback ride in 1842 from D'Urban (later known as Durban) to Grahamstown, a journey of 1000 kms/600 miles through the wilderness to send a request from Captain Charlton Smith (who served at the Battle of Waterloo) for immediate reinforcements as the colony was besieged by the Boers.

King and his Zulu assistant, Ndongeni, reached Grahamstown and 32 days after leaving the colony of D'Urban, reinforcements arrived saving the British colony from immenent surrender or starvation.

See also the Battle of Congella

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