Andries Pretorius

Andries Pretorius

male, deceased (1853)
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798 - 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the...
Piet Retief

Piet Retief

male, deceased (1838)
Pieter Retief (usually referred to as Piet Retief), was born about 1780 in the Cape Colony, South Africa, and died 6 February 1838 in what is now...
Benjamin D'Urban

Benjamin D'Urban

male, deceased (1849)
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...
Theophilus Shepstone

Theophilus Shepstone

male, deceased (1893)
Sir Theophilus Shepstone (January 8, 1817 - June 23, 1893), British South African statesman, was born at Westbury near Bristol, England. When he...
Lord Charles Somerset

Lord Charles Somerset

male, deceased (1831)
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...
Barney Barnato

Barney Barnato

male, deceased (1897)
Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs was a South African Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold...
Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit

male, deceased (1906)
Alfred Beit (15 February 1853-16 July 1906) was a British South African gold and diamond magnate and supporter of British imperialism in Southern...

George Cathcart

male, deceased (1854)
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...
John X. Merriman

John X. Merriman

male, deceased (1926)
John Xavier Merriman (1841 - 1926) was the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of South Africa in 1910. He was born in...
Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

male, deceased (1872)
Dr. Sir Andrew Smith KCB (December 3, 1797 - August 12, 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, naturalist, explorer and zoologist. Smith was born in Hawick,...