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Pierre Simond, SV/PROG MP (1651 - d.)

"Dom. Petrus Simons", "Pietter Zijmon", "Pietter Sinnon", "Pietter Simon."

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Pierre Simond, SV/PROG MP (1651 - d.)

"Dom. Petrus Simons", "Pietter Zijmon", "Pietter Sinnon", "Pietter Simon."

8/26/2021

Antonio de Saldanha (c.1460 - d.)

Saldanha, António de – capitão-mor de uma das esquadras de 1503, depois capitão-mor da armada de 1517, e capitão da armada de Nuno da Cunha (1528). Este fidalgo da Casa Real (Registo, I, p. 6.) de orig...

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Antonio de Saldanha (c.1460 - d.)

Saldanha, António de – capitão-mor de uma das esquadras de 1503, depois capitão-mor da armada de 1517, e capitão da armada de Nuno da Cunha (1528). Este fidalgo da Casa Real (Registo, I, p. 6.) de orig...

8/26/2021

Cecil John Rhodes MP (1853 - 1902)

"the Old Man"

Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was father of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, as well as a major architect of British policy in southern Africa, founder of ...

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8/10/2008
8/24/2021
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8/10/2008

Cecil John Rhodes MP (1853 - 1902)

"the Old Man"

Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was father of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, as well as a major architect of British policy in southern Africa, founder of ...

8/24/2021

Capt John Maclean (1810 - 1874)

DEPOT KAB * SOURCE MOOC * TYPE LEER * VOLUME_NO 6/9/149 * SYSTEM 01

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7/6/2016
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Capt John Maclean (1810 - 1874)

DEPOT KAB * SOURCE MOOC * TYPE LEER * VOLUME_NO 6/9/149 * SYSTEM 01

8/24/2021

Sir Thomas Maclear (1794 - 1879)

Profile picture c1833, courtesy of Flora Herscheliana. Sir Thomas Maclear, His Majesty the King of England's Astronomer at the Cape Colony, while remeasuring and extending the arc of the meridian, arri...

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12/9/2013
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Sir Thomas Maclear (1794 - 1879)

Profile picture c1833, courtesy of Flora Herscheliana. Sir Thomas Maclear, His Majesty the King of England's Astronomer at the Cape Colony, while remeasuring and extending the arc of the meridian, arri...

8/24/2021

Merweville named after him

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4/14/2013
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Sir Henry Rivers, SV/PROG (1785 - 1861)

"Harry"

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 a...

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1/19/2013
8/19/2021
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Sir Henry Rivers, SV/PROG (1785 - 1861)

"Harry"

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 a...

8/19/2021

Sir Henry George Elliot (1817 - 1907)

Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==" Sir Henry George Elliot (30 June 1817–30 March 1907) was a British diplomat. He was the second son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto. He was most...

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11/16/2012
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Sir Henry George Elliot (1817 - 1907)

Wikipedia Biographical Summary ==" Sir Henry George Elliot (30 June 1817–30 March 1907) was a British diplomat. He was the second son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto. He was most...

8/19/2021

Hoof-Kmdt Andries Hendrik Potgieter (Voortrekkerleier) MP (1792 - 1852)

"Hendrik Potgieter"

Die Voortrekkerleier, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, wat op 19 Desember 1792 in die distrik Graaff-Reinet gebore is, het die Kaapkolonie teen die einde van 1835 verlaat.Nadat hy, bygestaan deur Sarel Cilli...

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11/24/2007
8/19/2021
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11/24/2007

Hoof-Kmdt Andries Hendrik Potgieter (Voortrekkerleier) MP (1792 - 1852)

"Hendrik Potgieter"

Die Voortrekkerleier, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, wat op 19 Desember 1792 in die distrik Graaff-Reinet gebore is, het die Kaapkolonie teen die einde van 1835 verlaat.Nadat hy, bygestaan deur Sarel Cilli...

8/19/2021

Source: Wikipedia profile for Jan KEMP (General).Born 10 JUN 1872 in Amersfoort district, Transvaal.Son of Jurie Johannes KEMP and Maria Aletta GREYLING.His maternal grandfather, Abraham Carel GREYLING...

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Source: Wikipedia profile for Jan KEMP (General).Born 10 JUN 1872 in Amersfoort district, Transvaal.Son of Jurie Johannes KEMP and Maria Aletta GREYLING.His maternal grandfather, Abraham Carel GREYLING...

8/18/2021

Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley , KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the ...

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11/6/2008
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Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley , KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the ...

8/18/2021

Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809–1891) was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast, Antigua, the Leeward Islands and Western Australia.

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1/18/2019
8/17/2021
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Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809–1891) was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast, Antigua, the Leeward Islands and Western Australia.

8/17/2021

Henry Francis Fynn, a trader who settled in Cape Town as an innkeeper. He was proprietor of the British Hotel on Long Street in Cape Town, which he managed with his wife Elizabeth. More about him can ...

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2/5/2009
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Henry Francis Fynn, a trader who settled in Cape Town as an innkeeper. He was proprietor of the British Hotel on Long Street in Cape Town, which he managed with his wife Elizabeth. More about him can ...

8/15/2021

Kmdt-Genl Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius MP (1798 - 1853)

"Kommandant"

Deceased Estate: Notice in Grahamstown Journal, February 1838. PUBLIC SALE WITHOUT RESERVE. The undersigned wishing to change his residence, will hold a Public Sale at the place 'Lets-Kraal', situate i...

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Kmdt-Genl Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius MP (1798 - 1853)

"Kommandant"

Deceased Estate: Notice in Grahamstown Journal, February 1838. PUBLIC SALE WITHOUT RESERVE. The undersigned wishing to change his residence, will hold a Public Sale at the place 'Lets-Kraal', situate i...

8/15/2021

Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB (21 April 1746 – 21 November 1820) was an English diplomat.

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12/22/2008
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Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB (21 April 1746 – 21 November 1820) was an English diplomat.

8/15/2021

See Wikipedia...

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7/28/2012
8/15/2021

Colonel John Graham, 13th of Fintry MP (1778 - 1822)

"The Gallant"

John a. tydens tweede besetting van die Kaap. Grahamstad is na hom vernoem, sterf op ouderdam van 42jr..x Engelse Kerk,Kaapstad 24.7.1812 Johanna Cathaarina Cloete d.v. Rudolph cloete (sien SABW 1 en 1...

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Colonel John Graham, 13th of Fintry MP (1778 - 1822)

"The Gallant"

John a. tydens tweede besetting van die Kaap. Grahamstad is na hom vernoem, sterf op ouderdam van 42jr..x Engelse Kerk,Kaapstad 24.7.1812 Johanna Cathaarina Cloete d.v. Rudolph cloete (sien SABW 1 en 1...

8/15/2021

See Wikipedia... * See his autobiography here...

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Wikipedia...

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See Wikipedia...

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7/27/2012
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