Piet Cronje

Piet Cronje

male, deceased (1911)
Boer War prisoner of war, Boer general, South African of Huguenot descent, Potchefstroom, anglo-boer war, South African military personnel…Second Boer War, First Boer War, Boer Wars, prisoner of war
General Piet Arnoldus Cronje ('KRON-year') (4 October 1836 -4 February 1911) was a leader of the Zuid Afrika Republic's military forces during the...
Patrick Duncan

Patrick Duncan

male, deceased (1943)
university of edinburgh, transvaal, civil service, anglo-boer war, privy council, boer
Sir Patrick Duncan (1870-1943) was the sixth Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1937 to 1943. Born in Scotland in...
Stuart Cloete

Stuart Cloete

male, deceased (1976)
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, The Blast, nuclear war, anglo-boer war, boer war, The Hill of the Doves
Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete, (July 23, 1897-March 19, 1976) was a South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer....

Beyers Naudé

male, deceased (2004)
South African of Huguenot descent, cleric, Anti-Apartheid activist, cape town, transvaal, Afrikaner…anglo-boer war, Second Boer War
Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé was an Afrikaner-South African cleric, theologian and anti-apartheid activist picture.

Edward Brabant

male
South African, anglo-boer war, Second Boer War, Cape Frontier Wars, Cape Colonial Forces, 9th Frontier War
Major-General Sir Edward Brabant KCB was a South African colonial military commander. He served in the 9th Frontier War (1877-1878) and other...
Arnold Theiler

Arnold Theiler

male, deceased (1936)
Nellmapius, frick, Frick, Switzerland, South African Republic, anglo-boer war, witwatersrand…Second Boer War
Sir Arnold Theiler (March 26, 1867 - July 24, 1936) the father of veterinary science in South Africa. Born in Frick, Canton Argau, Switzerland. He...

Hugh Marshall Hole

male
anglo-boer war, ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE * BULAWAYO, Rhodesian politician, British South Africa Company, Kimberley, South Africa, Tiverton, Devon…Second Boer War
Hugh Marshall Hole, (1865 - 1941). Rhodesian pioneer, administrator and author. Born in Tiverton in Devon in the United Kingdom, Marshall Hole came...

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet

male
senator, South African, judge, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Afrikaner, anglo-boer war
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1893-1960) was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945. Born in 1893, he obtained a...
Gideon Brand van Zyl

Gideon Brand van Zyl

male, deceased (1956)
World War I, cape town, speaker, anglo-boer war, privy council, Governors-general of South Africa…War Office
Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873-1956) was Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1945 to 1950. He was the first South African-born holder of...

Quartus de Wet

male
South African, Ella Scheepers, 1963 Rivonia Trial, Governor General of the Union of South Africa, anti-apartheid, Rivonia Trial…anglo-boer war
Dr. Quartus de Wet, South African judge-president of the Transvaal, was the son of Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Chief Justice of South Africa and...