with General Methuen, was ordered from Vryburg to relieve Schweizer Reneke. He entered the town unopposed, and then in October he was ordered to the Orange Free State. Kitchener adopted his recommendation that martial law should be at once proclaimed in Cape Colony, and ordered Settle to take command on the line of communications between De Aar and Naauwpoort. At the end of December, Settle, in command of four columns, pursued Hertzog who was forced back to the north east. In Kitchener's plan of the following February against Hetzog and De Wet, Settle was entrusted with the duty of giving all orders for moves to the fifteen columns engaged. In April, he was transferred to the western part of the Colony to organise resistance to some rebel bands under Maritz and Conroy. In May 1901, he left South Africa on temporary leave of absence and the huge territory he had controlled was split into four. At the end of October, Settle returned and, after an enquiry into the administration of martial law and a short term of command at De Aar, succeeded in December 1901 to the administrative command of Cape Colony in succession to Major General Wynne. For his services in the war, he was twice mentioned in dispatches (included by Lord Kitchener 23 June 1902), appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 29 November 1900 (invested by King Edward VII at Marlborough House on 25 July 1901), and promoted to the rank of major-general, for distinguished service, in the South Africa Honours list published on 26 June 1902. The war ended with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902, but Settle stayed in South Africa, in command of the troops in Cape Colony. Following his return to the United Kingdom, he was appointed in command of the Portsmouth Coast Defences, and on 11 April 1908 promoted to lieutenant-general. References 1847 births 1923 deaths People educated at Cheltenham College Royal Engineers officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Cape Colony army officers Military personnel from Sussex British Army generals