William Philip Schreiner

Prime minister of the Cape Colony · Politicians · Lived 1857 to 1919 · aged 61

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William Philip Schreiner was a South African barrister and politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1898 to 1900, during the Second Boer War.

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A portrait of Schreiner by John St Helier Lander, ca. 1898

Awards

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

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Sibling Olive Schreiner

Sibling Theophilus Lyndall Schreiner

Sibling Henrietta Stakesby Lewis

About this person

Politicians born in the 1850s 6

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Francis Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Cromartie39.1

Temko Popov39.4

David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda39.0

Joseph Herzfeld39.5 Rainitsimbazafy39.0

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