ABSTRACT

Sidney Bunting's life offers a unique perspective on the British Empire, illustrating the complex social networks and values that were carried across the world in the name of empire. Drawing on archival material, including the Bunting family papers and records of Bunting's Oxford years, this work presents his biography.

chapter 1|5 pages

To Save Souls

chapter 2|11 pages

God and Gladstone

chapter 3|11 pages

A Classical Boy

chapter 4|17 pages

Imperial University

chapter 5|14 pages

Fighting for Empire

chapter 6|19 pages

An English Gentleman in Johannesburg

chapter 7|14 pages

A New Gospel

chapter 8|13 pages

‘The Star in the East'

chapter 9|20 pages

‘The Earth is the Workers”

chapter 10|24 pages

Fighting Against Empire

chapter 11|17 pages

For a Native Republic

chapter 12|22 pages

Into the Wilderness

chapter 13|21 pages

Falling from Grace

chapter 14|16 pages

A Weary Soul