october cape_town march south african lawyer politician statesman publicist poet member parliament cape colony chief justice fifth state president state secretary time second boer war president senate extremely varied political judicial career lasted years spanned separate political entities cape colony trained lawyer cape_town london started law practice diamond appointed chief justice played important role legal system state administrative organisation time prominent public life getting involved language culture movement cultural life general popular personality politics state president brand suddenly died won presidential elections unopposed elected subsequently making trip europe fell seriously ill retire recovered appointed state secretary leading political figure second boer war reluctant shift allegiance british went voluntary exile war ended years later returned south_africa set law practice late 1900s involved politics declaration chosen president senate important figure cultural life life especially poems publications biography family born october son model farmer politician seventh child family grew model farm father situated borders cape colony married twice marriage cape town june norway october october sister daughter family settled norway couple seven sons daughter death wife remarried december maria mulder netherlands december cape town january daughter time marriage mulder acting director second wife sons daughter son fought british second boer war commanded battalion royal scots world war served member deputy prime minister south african high commissioner book commando boer journal boer war years regarded best narratives war adventure english language education received earliest schooling home neighbouring farm years old went cape town stood academic achievements subsequently elected queen scholar senate cape_town years spent college arriving received broad education arts sciences developed balanced young man obvious leadership qualities graduated september equivalent modern bachelor degree arts sciences developed keen interest law continued studies reading law professor death months started working decide continue studies london decision needed father hoping son return farm time financial situation family strong london finished studies successfully called bar westminster june time interested politics regularly attended sessions house_of_commons returning south_africa tour europe south_africa established cape_town called bar january early career beginning found hard living competition lawyers cape_town severe time succeeded making sharp legal mind social intelligence western cape colony gave lot experience short time time political interests writing lead articles newspaper reported proceedings acted deputy editor moved legal practice discovery diamonds banks thought lead growth legal work enable set thriving practice months left set diamond bought small claim near enterprise proved unsuccessful months returned cape_town time cape_town law practice successful ironically british annexation economic prosperity cape colony asked represent district west day took seat father representative announced retirement assembly activities point parliamentary career short lived months later president offered position chairman newly formed despite fact fully qualified inter young refused offer reason candidate refused brand insisted nomination convinced appoint judge state official appointment judiciary came arrival thirty years old married august start residency years start glowing career crowned election state president judicial system character particularly judges legally judicial procedures hands district called main task administrative task situation year tenure passed ordinance professional supreme_court called president supreme_court consequently chief justice right beginning showed fighter opposing occasion deeply political traditions stood way judicial system fighting hard salaries state officials improved colonial born cape colony win confidence boer population ideas accepted travelling country years acquiring insight way life conservative god fearing beliefs helped religious person started life speaking countryside cape colony eventually symbol orange free review laws colleagues published van den ordinance book orange free state making acts republic available larger public played role revision constitution regard articles citizenship right vote chairman examination committee practitioners contributed improvement prison system district administration state president voices sounded run presidency president brand position strong openly praised qualities refused stand late 1870s early 1880s political temperature ran high annexation british anglo boer war republic regained autonomy impacted deeply political sentiments hand propagated caution relationship british developed political movement strongly propagated national consciousness editor newspaper wrote constitution bond political party originally set leading politicians cape colony like supporters new nationalism successor young lawyer constitution presented april months later chairman bond overt political activities earned criticism feared breakdown relations british obvious wind change blowing boer cape colony change relations drastically president brand politicians held cautious consolidating policy british government cape maintaining strict neutrality position brand followed habit lifetime earned british despite changing political climate political positions brand remained hugely popular presidential elections content political battle pan dutch supporters followers brand line ideal pan dutch candidate refused stand brand brand died office years later time change stood candidate won landslide victory ticket nationalism inaugurated state president towers church january president actively develop called policy philosophy terminology going contemporary ideas segregation white black government indian immigrants law forbidden settle led confrontation british government extensive correspondence british high commissioner cape_town internal sovereignty claimed established economic terms late 1880s period growth agriculture picked railway system important source income instrumental farming new techniques scientific approach prevention showed model farmer father presidency new meeting hall called opened new government building received second floor outside road network received attention expected immediately inaugurated contacted government objective establish new closer political ties march south african republic concluded treaty common defence treaties trade railways follow earlier january charged negotiate customs treaty british south african colonies march customs conference held led agreement cape colony hugely beneficial economic benefits grew new railway lines opened cape colony directly connecting cape_town turning transit economy development unified south african railway system political goal railways means diminish mutual distrust create unity mutual understanding white population south_africa policies appreciated reflecting change mood electorate nationalism months presidential election endorsed vote eighteen accepted endorsement condition allowed months leave europe november elected landslide majority trip europe far family holiday britain strong public statements defending republican system government south_africa opposing british intervention affairs continent received heads state political leaders october returned soon diagnosed affected strained nerves led situation eventually resign presidency accepted resignation december june travelled europe month trip recover illness return south_africa established july set new law practice state secretary stay private person long conflict south african republic legislature judiciary resulted dismissal chief justice took appointment judge early quickly inner circle administration time relationship british rapidly deteriorating government taking action reinforce national international position measures taken replace state secretary dutch south african appointed minister europe represent republic abroad took place state secretary june declined state secretary complicated job state president important member senior civil servant responsible oversight implementation laws regulations correspondence president official government reports etc parliament second key figure foreign affairs state experienced organised managed quickly structure state apparatus implementing regulations running government departments appointing correspondence government dutch state president easy man work circles predicted quickly find case occasion men clashed matters policy remained true convictions gaining influence process originally praised british diplomatic courtesy attitude quickly changed understood protagonist independence political statements incorrectly claimed south african republic fully sovereign state british jumped view rapidly mounting british pressure ensuing armed conflict position economic control gold fields foreign policy eventually determined state president state secretary state attorney general decided offensive attitude british demands way forward despite risks entailed sought received support approach october issued joint ultimatum british government demands british government ultimatum days later october second anglo boer war south african war broke british army marched government forced flee capital moment responsible continuous relocation seat occurred times march year took active peace negotiations british signatories treaty signed self chosen exile return politics instrumental drafting treaty personally want swear allegiance british government chose exile july left south_africa joined wife children netherlands alleviate financial troubles set lecture tour united_states interest boer cause war tour failed forcing return netherlands health failed leading extensive period time supported friends dutch south african society old boer received self government run formation leading politicians asked return south_africa play role politics wife established cape_town years old appointed president senate newly formed easy years found sides political fence rapidly changing world earlier life remained man outspoken convictions aired freely came conflict government appointed president senate remain member house honours death important public figure honoured remembered different ways bestowed honorary doctorate law public services village named named village second wife ship named president sank port elizabeth found free state village originally named diamond renamed honour anniversary coronation queen_victoria finally retired public life moved gordon bay returned cape_town years later house taken care daughter medical doctor remained active end writing translating died house march received state funeral days later funeral service buried cemetery cultural figure important figure cultural life poet published poems making development cultural language van established cape colony member active contributor society journal patriot literary work anchored called interested drive movement writing purely cultural activity work based english texts translated edited adapted process produced completely new works art predominantly language culture government propagated use official language boer dutch presidency use english significant strongly promoted use dutch politicians like favour english promoted foundation literary scientific society chairman library dutch language march education victoria college july history die december brief van den den president van van jan jan cape town van life jan jan cape town van translations translator amsterdam judge published outbreak second anglo boer war translator cape town century wrong advent second anglo boer war capacity state secretary published overview relations nineteenth century dutch title van book important propaganda document war actual authorship book unclear second dutch edition book carried text van den der order state secretary indicated author probably edited introduction end book operation rest text probably prepared translations appeared german english english translation carried preface english edition contained material original dutch edition number pages van die und berlin century preface london review reviews poetry july translation ride die november songs south_africa cape town cape town selected poems second edition cape town edition cape town war poems
Francis William Reitz