The Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope functioned as the legislature of the Cape Colony, from its founding in 1853, until the creation of the Union of...
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The Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop [ˌkɑːp di ˌχujə ˈɦuəp]) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South...
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The Houses of Parliament of South Africa are situated in Cape Town. The building consists of three main sections: the original building, completed in...
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The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good...
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16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament. Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer...
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The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Afrikaans: Kaapprovinsie)...
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the Parliament of South Africa, before the 1910 Union of South Africa, was the bicameral Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. This was composed of the House...
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the Good Hope Chamber. The Good Hope Chamber is one of the oldest meeting rooms of Parliament. It was the meeting place of the Parliament of the Cape...
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from Minnesota William Matthew Harries, member of both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope Will Harries, Welsh rugby union player William...
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Christoffel Brand, son of a former Dutch colonial official and first Speaker of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, was one of the most outspoken proponents...
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Murison (politician) (c. 1816–1885), member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope James Murison (moderator) (c. 1705–1779)...
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the University of the Cape of Good Hope, later UNISA First official use of Dutch in the Cape Parliament. 1874 Founding in Cape Town of the South African...
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John Thomas Eustace (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
conservative member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Born in 1825 at Grosvenor Place, London, he was the eldest son of Lieutenant General Sir...
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Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope All pages with titles containing John Eustace This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If...
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Patrick Goold (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
was a prominent member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Patrick Goold was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1814, the son of Michael Henry and Elizabeth...
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Basutoland (redirect from Territory of Basutoland)
Act No. 12 of 1871 of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, confirmed by an Order in Council of 3 November 1871. The rule of the Cape Colony then...
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Charles Aken Fairbridge (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
was a Cape Colony book collector and a conservative member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Fairbridge was born in Cape Town, the son of recent...
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William Matthew Harries (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
influential member of both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. A British settler, Harries was early on involved in politics in the Cape, and he was...
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Max Sonnenberg (category Emigrants from the German Empire)
1891. Charles was elected to the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope in 1896. Louis's family first lived in the village of Madibogo, where he managed a...
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South Africa. Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope House of Assembly of South Africa Tricameral Parliament National Assembly of South Africa "The Speakers Corner"...
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John Sweet Distin (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
– 2 August 1902) was a prominent member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Distin arrived in the Cape in 1846 when his family's ship was sailing...
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John Frost (politician) (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
Member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Frost was the son of William and Maria Frost, landowners in Lincolnshire. He immigrated to the Cape Colony...
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David Harris (South African businessman) (category British emigrants to the Colony of Natal)
during the Siege of Kimberley. In 1897, he joined the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope on the death of Barney Barnato. He held the seat for 32 years...
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disestablished as a result of the creation of the Union of South Africa, the area was divided into four provinces of the Union: Cape Province, Natal Province...
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Constitutional Court Justice. The origins of the Western Cape Division lie in the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, which was established...
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Dutch diaspora (redirect from History of the Dutch diaspora)
Christoffel Brand, son of a former senior VOC official, who became the first Speaker of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Brand claimed that "England...
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Francis William Reitz Sr. (category Members of the House of Assembly of the Cape Colony)
member of both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Generally known simply as "Frank Reitz", he was born at his family's home on the Heerengracht...
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Elections for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope were held in Cape Colony in 1908. The South African party led by John X. Merriman defeated the governing...
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This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa....
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Joseph Vintcent Sr (category Members of the Legislative Council of the Cape Colony)
a member of the Legislative Council (upper house) of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Born in The Hague, Netherlands, as the son of Lodewijk Vincent...
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