Thomas Watt (politician) (original) (raw)
Sir Thomas Watts (né près de Glasgow en Écosse en 1857 et mort en 1947) est un homme politique sud-africain, membre du parti sud-africain, ministre des postes (1912-1915), des travaux publics (1912-1919) et des affaires intérieures (1916-1919) dans le gouvernement de Louis Botha et ministre des affaires intérieures (1919-1921), des Travaux publics (1919-1920 et 1921-1924), de la santé publique (1919-1921), des chemins de fer (1920-1921) et de nouveau des postes (1921-1924) dans le gouvernement Smuts.
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| dbo:abstract | Sir Thomas Watts (né près de Glasgow en Écosse en 1857 et mort en 1947) est un homme politique sud-africain, membre du parti sud-africain, ministre des postes (1912-1915), des travaux publics (1912-1919) et des affaires intérieures (1916-1919) dans le gouvernement de Louis Botha et ministre des affaires intérieures (1919-1921), des Travaux publics (1919-1920 et 1921-1924), de la santé publique (1919-1921), des chemins de fer (1920-1921) et de nouveau des postes (1921-1924) dans le gouvernement Smuts. (fr) Sir Thomas Watt (1857 – 1947) was a South African politician and cabinet minister. Watt studied at the University of Glasgow and became a lawyer. In 1883 he arrived in Natal and went to Dundee. After serving for Britain in the Anglo-Boer War, he was elected to the Natal Legislative Assembly and became Minister of Justice and Education for the colony and later from 1908 to 1909 a member of the National Convention which drafted the South African Act in terms of which Union was possible the following year. After the unification he became Minister of Posts and Public Works in Louis Botha's cabinet. He serves under him and Jan Smuts fell to the South African Party in 1924 as Minister of Public Welfare, Home Affairs and Railways. He died in 1947 at the age of 90. In 1907, the King approved the retention of the title "Honourable" as he had served for more than three years as a member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Natal. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1912 New Year Honours, having been appointed a Commander of the same Order in the 1906 Birthday Honours. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Sir Thomas Watts (né près de Glasgow en Écosse en 1857 et mort en 1947) est un homme politique sud-africain, membre du parti sud-africain, ministre des postes (1912-1915), des travaux publics (1912-1919) et des affaires intérieures (1916-1919) dans le gouvernement de Louis Botha et ministre des affaires intérieures (1919-1921), des Travaux publics (1919-1920 et 1921-1924), de la santé publique (1919-1921), des chemins de fer (1920-1921) et de nouveau des postes (1921-1924) dans le gouvernement Smuts. (fr) Sir Thomas Watt (1857 – 1947) was a South African politician and cabinet minister. Watt studied at the University of Glasgow and became a lawyer. In 1883 he arrived in Natal and went to Dundee. After serving for Britain in the Anglo-Boer War, he was elected to the Natal Legislative Assembly and became Minister of Justice and Education for the colony and later from 1908 to 1909 a member of the National Convention which drafted the South African Act in terms of which Union was possible the following year. After the unification he became Minister of Posts and Public Works in Louis Botha's cabinet. He serves under him and Jan Smuts fell to the South African Party in 1924 as Minister of Public Welfare, Home Affairs and Railways. He died in 1947 at the age of 90. (en) |
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