Stanford Norman McLeod Nairne  Stanford Norman McLeod Nairne (born 1 January 1841, in Jamaica) was an officer and Adjutant of the 94th Regiment of Foot who died of wounds received during the first action of the First Boer War on 20 December 1880 at Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. He was called 'The Swart Captain' because of his mixed race, and he was mourned by both black and white people at his death. He was the son of Police Inspector Alexander Darnley Nairne (1805–1880) and his wife Anna Sarah both of Kingston Jamaica. Alexander Darnley Nairne was the son of Scotsman Daniel Nairne (born about 1750 Nairnshire, Scotland; died 1816 in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica) and Sarah Williams, a Free Negress who was born in Jamaica. The terms Free Negro or Free Negress are obsolete terms indicating that a slave of African descent (or their descendant) was formally freed from the condition of slavery. Stanford Nairne was commissioned as Ensign in the 94th Regiment of Foot in 1862. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1869. He married Amelia Samson (1840–1927) on 4 June 1863 at Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England. She is the daughter of Dr Alexander Samuel Samson of Weymouth Dorset. She accompanied her husband to India where he was serving with the 94th Regiment of Foot during the 1860s, and their only child (to live beyond infancy) was born there on 17 Sept 1865 at Umballa/Ambala, Bengal, India. They named her Beatrice Inez Jerome Cafe McLeod Nairne (1865–1943.) The 94th Regiment was stationed in Aldershot military base in Southern England in 1879. On 26 February seven companies of the 94th left Southampton for South Africa on the ship SS China. The total strength of the regiment on board was 28 officers and 897 other ranks including Commanding Officer Lt. Col S. Malthus & Capt S N M Nairne. They took four weeks to cross the Atlantic, arriving at Simon's Bay near Cape Town on 25 March, and then reached Durban on 2 April after a further journey of 35 days. They set up their camp just outside Durban and three days later on 6 April the 94th received orders to commence their march to the front. They marched into Pietermaritzburg on 8 April and left on 11 April and arrived at Greytown on 14 April 1879.