James Tennant Molteno, Sir

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• Baptism: 19 Feb 1865, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 5 Jan 1893, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: 1895; Barrister U.C.T Cambridge
• Occupation: Between 1898 and 1910, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Member of Parliament for Somerset East
• Occupation: Oct 1900; Parliament suspended. During Boer War worked for South African Conciliation Committee
• Occupation: 17 May 1902; Defended colonist on High Treason
• Occupation: Between 1910 and 1915, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Speaker of the Houses of Parliament - not a success as did not have an adequate knowledge of Dutch
• Departure: Jul 1929, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 17 Aug 1936, Southampton, Hampshire

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One of John Charles Molteno’s sons. Brilliant intellectually and a good sportsman, he was one of John Charles’ sons who was sent to Cambridge, where he studied Law. It was while he was there that he met his wife, Clare Holland Pryor. They got married shortly after his return to the Cape, but it did not turn out to be a happy relationship for either of them. Instead James threw his energies into politics. He was elected to the Cape Parliament in the 1890s and remained an MP for nearly quarter of a century. He made his name politically when he broke with the aggressively imperialist politics of Cecil John Rhodes. This led him to become prominent in the Afrikaner Bond, and at one point its parliamentary leader temporarily. James opposed the Boer War, and spent a couple of years during it travelling around the remoter reaches of the Cape Colony defending in the courts and before courts martial Boer ‘Rebels’ – ie Dutch farmers in the Cape who allegedly gave assistance to their relatives and fellow Dutch-speakers living across the Orange River in the Boer Republics. After the War ended in 1902, James was elected Speaker of the Cape legislature. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, he was elected the first Speaker of the Union Parliament. He wrote in retirement two volumes of reminiscences, one of which is available on-line.


For more information about James Tennant Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tennant_Molteno

James married Clarissa Celia Holland-Pryor in 1889. Clarissa was born on 5 Jan 1865 in Sutton, Surrey; died in 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 24 Apr 1939, Southampton, Hampshire
• Death: 1943

Clarissa married George Brabazon "Brab" Newcomen, Major on 31 Mar 1915 in Bayswater, London. George was born on 14 Jun 1885 in Ireland; died on 12 Apr 1947 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 5 Jan 1893, St Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1929, Paddington, Lancashire
• Military Service: 1937, England
• Residence: 1938, 8 Moscow Road, Paddington, England

Vincent married Norah Eileen Wilson in 1915. Norah was born in 1892; died in 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: 19 Aug 1921; Age: 25
• Residence: 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

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Buried:
Los Angeles National Cemetery

Monica married John Glascock Mays in Sep 1921 in London. John was born on 8 Jun 1887 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Sep 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried on 25 Sep 1959 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]