Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ia te tama a Thomas Cave, he Mema Paremata Liberal, a ko tetahi o ona tuakana ko George Cave ka riro hei Minita o te Roto o te Roto me te Kaute. I mahi a Basil Cave mo te Tari o waho hei kaimahi a te kawanatanga ka tohua hei Kaihauturu mo te British East Africa i te 1891. I te tau 1893 i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o etahi hoia i te wa o te koretake a-iwi i Zanzibar a i te tau 1895 i tohua ia hei Kaunihera ki te whenua. Ko te Consul-General, ko A.H. Hardinge i tawhiti, ko Cave te kawenga mo te tiimata i te
Te Pakanga o Ingarangi-Zanzibar i te tau 1896. I tukuna e ia he ultimatum ki a Khalid bin Barghash nana nei i mau te torona i te matenga o Sultan Hamad. Ko te 38 meneti o te pakanga, ko te poto rawa o te hitori, i mutu me te wikitoria a Ingarangi me te whakanoho o to ratou Sultana i whiriwhiri, Hamoud bin Mohammed.