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Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi

Lesotho chief

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ3336780 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi (1870 – 23 June 1939) was the paramount chief of Basutoland from 11 April 1913 when he succeeded his brother Letsie II until his death in 1939. He was succeeded by his son Simon Seeiso Griffith.

Editorial summary

“Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi” enters the record as lesotho chief. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nathaniel, Griffith and Lerotholi can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1870, 1939, 1913—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1873. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Nathaniel, Griffith and Lerotholi.
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“Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Nathaniel, Griffith and Lerotholi provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3336780. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1870, 1939 and 1913.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.