Cape Colony

The Cape Colony () was the name of a colony based around the Cape of Good Hope, in southern Africa. It was first established in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck as a governorate of the Dutch East India Company. It was captured by the British in 1795 and returned to the Dutch in 1802. In 1806 it was again captured by the British. It united with three other British colonies in 1910 to form the Union of South Africa when it was renamed the "Cape Province". Its capital was Cape Town, the modern-day legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa.

Lists of Leaders

King/Queen1795–1820George III1820–1830George IV1830–1837William IV1837–1901Queen Victoria1901–1910 Edward VII1910George V

GovernorsActing governors and lieutenant governors are not in this list1797–1798George Macartney1799-1801George Younge1803-1806Lieut-Gen Jan Willems JansenUnder Dutch Government1807-1811Earl of Caledon1811-1814Francis Cradock1814-1826Lord Charles Somerset1828-1833Galbraith Cole1834-1838Benjamin D'Urban1834-1844Thomas Napier1847Henry Pottinger1847-1852Henry Smith1852-1854George Cathcart1854-1861Sir George Grey1862-1870Philip Wodehouse1870-1877Henry Barkly1877-1880Bartle Frere1881-1889Hercules Robinson1889-1895Henry Loch1895-1897Hercules Robinson(Lord Rosemead)1897-1901Alfred Milner1901–1910Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Notes

Prime Ministers1872–1878John Charles Molteno1872-1878John Gordon Sprigg1881-1884Thomas Charles Scanlen1884-1886Thomas Uppington1886-1890Gordon Sprigg1890-1896Cecil John Rhodes1896-1896Gordon Sprigg1898-1900William Philip Schreiner1900-1904Gordon Sprigg1904-1908Leander Starr Jameson1908–1910John X. Merriman

References

Category:History of the Netherlands
Category:Establishments in South Africa

Category:1795 establishments
Category:1910s disestablishments in South Africa
Category:Former colonies in Africa
Category:Former British colonies