John Charles Molteno, Sir

1814 - 1886  (72 years)

• Name	John Charles Molteno
  Suffix	Sir
  Birth	5 Jun 1814	London
  	Birth registered Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel
  Gender	Male
  Education	1830	Ewell, Surrey
  	Educated at Ewell
  Destination	1831	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  	Sailed to South Africa. Duties at Public Library in Cape Town
  Occupation	First Cape Prime Minister
  Occupation	1837	South Africa
  	Started own commercial business
  Residence	1852	Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
  Residence	10 Jun 1876	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Residence	11 Aug 1877	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Residence	24 Sep 1878	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Residence	14 Nov 1880	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Retired	Aug 1882	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Burial	Sep 1886	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Death	1 Sep 1886	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Notes	Eldest son of John Molteno and Caroline Bower of London. Emigrated at the age of 16 to the Cape Colony. Became a merchant; later pioneered merino sheep farming at Nelspoort in the Karoo. Elected to the first legislature of the Cape Colony in 1854. Pressed for responsible government (whereby the executive of ministers is accountable to Parliament, and not to the colony’s British Governor), and became the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister in 1872. Married three times. His first wife, Maria Hewitson, died tragically in childbirth in 1845. By his second wife, Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, John Molteno had ten children who survived infancy and from whom the majority of Moltenos today trace their descent – Betty, Caroline, Maria, Charlie, Percy, Frank, James, Victor, Wallace and Barkly. Following the death of Elizabeth Maria, John Charles married ‘Minnie’ Blenkins; they had four children – Minnie, Ted, Clifford and Harry. None of these ever married or had children. John was knighted sometime after he had been ousted, contrary to established parliamentary convention, as Prime Minister by the then Governor. For more information about John Charles Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno
  Person ID	I444	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	John Molteno,   b. 1 Mar 1788, Islington, London d. 10 Apr 1827, Soho Square, London (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Caroline Bower,   b. 26 Dec 1790, Southwark, Surrey d. 28 Mar 1866, London (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1813	London
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maria Hewitson,   b. 1814, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1844	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Children	1. Infant Molteno,   b. 15 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa d. 16 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Maria Jarvis,   b. 20 Jan 1831, Western Cape, South Africa d. 8 Apr 1874, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1851
  Children	1. Caroline Molteno,   b. 24 Sep 1852, South Africa d. 6 Dec 1937, London (Age 85 years)   2. Elizabeth Maria Molteno,   b. 24 Sep 1852, South Africa d. 25 Aug 1927, South Africa (Age 74 years)   3. John Molteno,   b. 24 Apr 1855, South Africa d. 3 Sep 1856, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 1 year)   4. Maria Molteno,   b. 24 Dec 1856, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 17 Feb 1903, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 46 years)   5. Hercules Jarvis Molteno,   b. 13 Jan 1858, Western Cape, South Africa d. Jan 1861, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 3 years)   6. John Charles Molteno,   b. 5 Mar 1860, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 23 Jan 1924, Sandown House, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 63 years)   7. Percy Albert Molteno,   b. 12 Sep 1861, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 19 Sep 1937, Zürich, Switzerland (Age 76 years)   8. Frank Molteno,   b. 16 Sep 1863, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 9 Jun 1926, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 62 years)   9. James Tennant Molteno, Sir,   b. 5 Jan 1865, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Sep 1936, London (Age 71 years)   10. Victor Grey Molteno,   b. 13 Apr 1866, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 10 Jul 1926, South Africa (Age 60 years)   11. Alfred Bower Molteno,   b. 10 Jan 1868, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 7 Jan 1873, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 4 years)   12. William Wallace Dickenson Molteno,   b. 3 Dec 1869, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 22 Nov 1931 (Age 61 years)   13. Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B.,R.N.,   b. 30 Apr 1872, South Africa d. 12 Nov 1952, Farnham, Surrey (Age 80 years)   14. Sophia Maria Molteno,   b. 22 Mar 1874   d. 8 Feb 1875 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Sibylla Marie "Minnie" Blenkins,   b. 8 Jun 1847, India d. 18 Sep 1926 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1875
  Children	1. Minnie Evelyn Molteno,   b. 13 May 1876, Cape Colony, South Africa d. 6 Jul 1953, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 77 years)   2. Edward Bartle Frere Molteno,   b. 31 May 1877, Cape, South Africa d. 28 Jul 1950, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years)   3. Clifford William Blenkins Molteno,   b. 2 Aug 1878, Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa d. 12 Oct 1958 (Age 80 years)   4. Henry Anderson Molteno,   b. 30 Sep 1880, Cape, South Africa d. 21 Jul 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

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  Birth - 5 Jun 1814 - London Education - Educated at Ewell - 1830 - Ewell, Surrey Destination - Sailed to South Africa. Duties at Public Library in Cape Town - 1831 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Occupation - Started own commercial business - 1837 - South Africa Marriage - 10 Oct 1844 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Residence - 1852 - Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa Residence - 10 Jun 1876 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Residence - 11 Aug 1877 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Residence - 24 Sep 1878 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Residence - 14 Nov 1880 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Retired - Aug 1882 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Burial - Sep 1886 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death - 1 Sep 1886 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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