Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 8th October 2025

Time: 4.45

Venue: Exeter College Exeter, Hele Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4JS (tel:+441392400500)Tower Lecture Theatre (use reception entrance at Hele Road site; directions will be given). Parking is available in the roads around the College but is metered.

Description: Human Rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith OBE acted as adviser and judge on this occasion when Exeter College students from different specialist backgrounds (including Law, Politics and History) provided jury members and counsels for the prosecution and defence when General Sir Redvers Buller was put on trial. He was accused of three offences: military incompetence, brutality, and colonialism. Expert witnesses were called. An actor playing the part of Mahatma Gandi spoke for the prosecution as well as a colonialism expert. They were cross-examined by the cousnsels for the defence and prosecution. Robert Guyver spoke for the defence and was cross-examined. This also happened to the actor playing the part of General Buller. Two students who took part in this event, on opposite sides, are sharing their reflections on the trial.

How to book: Please arrive and sign in at Reception. You will be directed to the Tower Lecture Theatre

Price: free

Tel: 07894583691

Email: guyverrobert@gmail.com

Organiser: Exeter and District Branch of the Historical Association (Robert Guyver)with Exeter College (Mark Kerslake)

Lecturer: Nathanael Hughes and Isobel Wain (students at Exeter College, Exeter)

Region: South-West England

Branch: Exeter & District