Henry Burton
Henry Burton (born June 2, 1866 in Cape Town , Cape Colony , † December 25, 1935 in London ) was a South African politician who was a minister in the Union of South Africa several times .
Life
Henry Burton attended St. Andrew's College , Grahamstown, founded in 1855, and was admitted to the Kimberley bar in 1892 . After the so-called " Jameson Raid ", which took place from December 29, 1895 to January 2, 1896 in the South African Republic and led to the Boers' victory , he became a supporter of the Afrikanerbond . In 1902 he was elected a member of the Legislative Council of the Cape Colony for the Afrikanerbond and supported the removal of First Minister Gordon Sprigg on February 21, 1904 because of the martial law procedure and the losses in the Second Boer War . After John Xavier Merriman of the South African Party ( South African Party ) new on February 2, 1908 First Minister of the Cape Colony was, he took in his cabinet the Office of the Attorney General and has held this until 31 May 1910th
After the founding of the South African Union on May 31, 1910 by the merger of the four British colonies Cape Colony , Natal , the Orange River Colony and Transvaal Colony , Henry Burton was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Botha and initially served between 1910 and his replacement by Barry Hertzog in 1912 as Minister for Native American Affairs (Minister van naturellesake) . In the course of a cabinet reshuffle, he succeeded David Pieter de Villiers Graaff as Minister for Railways and Ports (Minister van Spoorweë en Hawens) in 1912 and also held this post in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, which took up on September 3, 1919 , whereupon Thomas Watt succeeded him. He continued to replace David Pieter de Villiers Graaff as Minister of Finance (Minister van Finansies) in 1916 and held this position in the Botha cabinet until he was replaced by Thomas Orr in 1917. Most recently, he succeeded Thomas Orr as finance minister in the first Smuts cabinet in 1920 and remained in this post until the end of Smuts' term on June 30, 1924, after which Nicolaas Havenga became the new finance minister. He was also a member of the People's Assembly (Volksraad van Suid-Afrika) from 1910 to 1924 .
Web links
- Entry in Rulers
Individual evidence
- ^ South Africa: Finance Ministers in Rulers
- ^ South Africa: Finance Ministers in Rulers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burton, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town , Cape Colony |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1935 |
| Place of death | London |