Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (original) (raw)

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Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (26 April 1851 Rietfontein, Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty – 1 March 1924 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State) was a South African statesman. Wessels stemmed from an important Orange Free State family clan, dedicated to farming and the Boer way of life. Mainly self-educated, he turned to politics in his early thirties. As a member of the he developed his skills as a diplomat and mediator, and was involved in many of the important political decisions the Orange Free State had to make in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1896 he was appointed president of the . During the South African War (1899–1902), Wessels was first a member of the war cabinet, and later a member of the Joint Diplomatic Delegation of the Boer Republics sent to Europe and the United States to muster support for the Boer cause. After the war Wessels sided with De Wet and Hertzog and became a cabinet minister in the Free State government. In 1915, the colonial government appointed Wessels as administrator of the Orange Free State. He was awarded a knighthood for his services to the state in 1920. (en)
Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (Rietfontein, Winburg, 26 april 1851 - Bloemfontein, 1 maart 1924) was een Zuid-Afrikaans politicus en een prominent figuur in de Oranje Vrijstaat. (nl)

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Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (en)

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Farmer, Politician (en)

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Kwagafontein farm, nr. Bloemfontein (en)

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October 1899 (en)

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Administrator of the Orange Free State (en)
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Member of the Executive Council of the Orange Free State (en)

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Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (Rietfontein, Winburg, 26 april 1851 - Bloemfontein, 1 maart 1924) was een Zuid-Afrikaans politicus en een prominent figuur in de Oranje Vrijstaat. (nl)
Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (26 April 1851 Rietfontein, Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty – 1 March 1924 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State) was a South African statesman. Wessels stemmed from an important Orange Free State family clan, dedicated to farming and the Boer way of life. Mainly self-educated, he turned to politics in his early thirties. As a member of the he developed his skills as a diplomat and mediator, and was involved in many of the important political decisions the Orange Free State had to make in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1896 he was appointed president of the . (en)

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Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (en)
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (nl)

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