See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:BRAND (1823-1888)
, See also:president of the See also:Orange See also:Free See also:State, was the son of See also:Sir Christoffel See also:Brand, See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Assembly of the Cape See also:Colony
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He was See also:born at Cape See also:Town on the 6th of See also:December 1823, and was educated at the See also:South See also:African See also:College in that See also:city
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Continuing his studies at See also:Leiden, he took the degree of D.C.L. in 1845
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He was called to the See also:English See also:bar from the Inner See also:Temple in 1849, and practised as an See also:advocate in the supreme See also:court of the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope from that See also:year until 1863
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In 1858 he was appointed See also:professor of See also:law in the South African College
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He was elected president of the Orange Free State in 1863, and subsequently re-elected for five years in 1869, 1874, 1879 and 1884
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In 1864 he resisted the pressure of the Basuto on the Free State boundary, and after vainly endeavouring to induce Moshesh, the Basuto See also:chief, to keep his See also:people within hounds, he took up arms against them in 1865
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This first See also:war ended in the treaty of Thaba Bosigo, signed on the 3rd of See also:April 1866; and a second war, caused by the treachery of the Basuto, ended in the treaty of See also:Aliwal See also:North, concluded on the 12th of See also:February 1869
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In 1871 Brand was solicited by a large party to become president of the See also:Transvaal, and thus unite the two Dutch republics of South See also:Africa; but as the project was hostile to See also:Great See also:Britain he declined to do so, and maintained his See also:constant policy of friendship towards See also:England, where his merits were recognized in 1882 by the See also:honour of the G.C.M.G
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He died on the 14th of See also:July 1888
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