Lieutenant Jahleel Brenton Carey

Overview

British army officer who led the small patrol with which the Prince Imperial rode out in Zululand on 1 June 1879. When Zulu warriors attacked, the patrol fled and the Prince was killed. Carey was court-martialled for misbehaviour before the enemy and found guilty, but the verdict was set aside and he returned to his regiment; he died at Karachi in 1883 (English Wikipedia, «Jahleel Brenton Carey»). The index of Mon Journal t.13 calls him «Carey (Capitaine) : 45, 53-54»; Marie writes «le lieutenant Carey».

Relevance to Marie

Marie holds Carey and the English responsible for the Prince's death.

• 1879-06-21 (085.0408–0409, 0413): «le Carey ne s'est aperçu que trop tard que le Prince manquait»; «Et on ne pendra pas le lieutenant Carey».
• 1879-06-21 (085.0416–0417): the anonymous note she sends to Le Figaro and Le Pays, «Un abonné, revenant de Londres», says Carey «va passer en Conseil de guerre».
• 1879-07-03 (085.0495, 0497): «Ce Carey ! Je lui ai prédit la vérité. Il va passer en Conseil de guerre»; «la fuite du traître Carey».
• 1879-07-05 (085.0501, 0504).

References in Diary

• First mentioned: 1879-06-21 (085.0408)
• Key entries: 085.0416, 085.0495, 085.0501