Career
Southey began his career as an officer during the Frontier Wars of the Eastern Cape. He was a lieutenant in the Albany Mounted Sharpshooters and Captain of the Corps of Guides. It was while being guarded by Southey's Corps of Guides in May 1835, that the Xhosa paramount chief Hintsa was shot, by Richard Southey’s brother, George. Later he became secretary to Sir Harry Smith in Natal.
He filled two of the highest offices in the colonial government; firstly as Treasurer (1861-1864) and later as Colonial Secretary (1864-1872).
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