| |  | The Lord Charles Henry Somerset (December 2 1767 - February 18 1831) was a British governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826. He... |  | Sir Theophilus Shepstone (January 8, 1817 - June 23, 1893), British South African statesman, was born at Westbury near Bristol, England. When he... |  | Major-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban (1777- 25 May, 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy... |  | Alfred Beit (15 February 1853-16 July 1906) was a British South African gold and diamond magnate and supporter of British imperialism in Southern... |  | Sir Henry Barkly GCMG KCB FRS (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) was a British politician and patron of the sciences. Barkly was born in Mo... |  | Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs was a South African Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold... |  | Colonel Richard Southey CB CMG (1844-1909) was a South African colonial military commander. His father, Sir Richard Southey, was a high-ranking... |  | Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798 - 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the... |  | Sir George Cathcart (May 12, 1794 - November 5, 1854) was a British general and diplomat. He was born in Renfrewshire, son of William Cathcart, 1st... |  | Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (July 4, 1845 - October 11, 1909), South African politician affectionately known as "Onze Jan", "our Jan" in Dutch, was born in... | |
