<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 25 January 1894 (1894 - 01 - 26) (aged 35) London, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Profession </Th> <Td> Diplomat </Td> </Tr> <P> Sir Gerald Herbert Portal KCMG CB (13 March 1858--25 January 1894) was a British diplomat who was the Consul General for British East Africa and British Special Commissioner to Uganda, and a main figure in the establishment of the Uganda Protectorate . </P> <P> Gerald Portal was the second son of the politician Melville Portal . He was educated at Eton College, joined the diplomatic service as an attaché in 1879, and was posted to Rome where he was promoted to third secretary of legation in 1881 . </P>

Who declared uganda a british protectorate in 1894