Sir Henry Rivers, SV/PROG

He entered the East India Company in 1808 and reached Cape Town in 1816. Appointed Wharf-Master, Simonstown in 1819, and Magistrate in Albany in 1821. He was appointed Commandant, Albany Levy in 1822 and in 1825 was transferred as Magistrate, Swellendam. In 1842 he became Treasurer of the Cape Govenment and became Chairman of the Green Point Municipality in 1859.

In 1838 the new district of Riversdale was named after him.

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Death • South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004

• Event Type Burial
• Name Harry Rivers
• Age 76
• Death or Burial Date 7 Dec 1861
• Death or Burial Place South Africa
• Birth Year (Estimated) 1785 "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DTD1-RC2M : 13 December 2020), Harry Rivers, 1861.

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