The Autobiography of the late Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Bart Volumes 1 & 2
Author: The Honourable C W Hutton M.E.C
Publisher: C Struik, Cape Town, South Africa
Edition: Limited edition of 750 numbered copies. These are No. 562 of 750 copies.
2 volumes published as facsimiles of the 1887 edition.
ISBN: Not stated
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copies with tight binding. Toning on the inside of the front cover boards
Binding: Hardcover. Brown cover boards with gold embossing
Pages: Volume 1: 440 - Print with detailed map. Volume 2: 467 - Print with detailed map
Additional Information
Sometime Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, (6 July 1792 in Cape Town 16 March 1864 in London) was lieutenant governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony from 13 September 1836 to 9 August 1838.
His efforts in restraining colonists from moving into Xhosa lands served to make him immensely unpopular among the settlers of the Cape Colony frontier. As a historical figure, he long remained controversial in South Africa for supposedly hindering colonisation, and pro-imperialist histories have traditionally vilified him. However his relatively far-sighted and respectful policies towards the Xhosa have increasingly gained recognition in modern South Africa.
On Stockenström's legacy, historian Christopher Saunders concluded: "No man in the 19th century Cape had greater breadth of vision, none gained the respect of a wider constituency, black as well as white."
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