See also:

• JAN

JAN HENDRIK See also:

• JAN HENDRIK HOFMEYR (1845-1909)

HOFMEYR (1845-1909)  , See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1845 . He was educated at the South African See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to politics, first as a journalist . He was editor of the Zuid Afrikaan till its See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation with Ons See also:

• LAND

Land, and of the Zuid A frikaansche Tidjschrift . By See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, See also:

• EDUCATION

education and sympathies a typical Dutch Afrikander, he set himself to organize the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-countrymen . This he did very effectively, and when in 18i9 he entered the Cape See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member for See also:

• STELLENBOSCH

Stellenbosch, he became the real See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Dutch party . Yet he only held See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for six months—as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister without See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio in the Scanlen See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry from May to See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 188r . He held no subsequent See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• POST

post in the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, though he shared with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Upington and Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

Mills the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of representing the Cape at the intercolonial See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of 1887 . Here he supported the proposal for entrusting the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon's Town to Cape Colony, leaving only the armament to be provided by the imperial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, opposed trans-oceanic See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny See also:

• POSTAGE

postage, and moved a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution in favour of an imperial customs See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . At the colonial conference of 1894 at See also:

• OTTAWA

Ottawa he was again one of the Cape representatives . In 1888 and in 1889 he was a member of the South African customs conference . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief importance as a public See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man was, however, derived from his power over the Dutch in Cape Colony, and his See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Afrikander See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

Bond . In 1878 he had himself founded the Farmers' Association," and as the Cape farmers were almost entirely Dutch the Association became a centre of Dutch See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence .

When the Bond was formed in 1882, with purely political aims, See also:

• HOFMEYR, JAN HENDRIK (1845-1909)

Hofmeyr made haste to obtain control of it, and in 1883 amalgamated the Farmers' Association with it . Under his direction the constitution of the Bond was modifiedby the elimination of the provisions inconsistent with See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CROWN

crown . But it remained an organization for obtaining the political supremacy of the Cape Dutch . (See CAPE COLONY: See also:

• HISTORY

History.) His control over the Bond enabled him for many years, while See also:

• FREE

free from the responsibilities of office, to make and unmake ministers at his will, and earned for him the name of " See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet-maker of South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa." Although officially the See also:

• TERM

term "Afrikander " was explained by Hofmeyr to include See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white men of whatever See also:

• RACE

race, yet in practice the influence of the Bond was always exerted in favour of the Dutch, and its power was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the Dutch districts of Cape Colony . The sympathies of the Bond were thus always strongly with the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, as the chief centre of Dutch influence in South Africa; and Hofmeyr's position might in many respects be compared with that of See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Irish Nationalist party in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . In the See also:

• BECHUANALAND (a name given from its inhabitants, the Bechuana, q.v.)

Bechuanaland difficulty of 1884 Hofmeyr threw all the influence of the Bond into the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale in favour of the Transvaal . But in the course of the next few years he began to See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift away from See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• KRUGER, STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (1825-1904)

Kruger . He resented the reckless disregard of Cape interests involved in Kruger's fiscal policy; he feared that the Transvaal, after its sudden leap into prosperity upon the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold discoveries of 1886, might overshadow all other Dutch influences in South Africa; above all he was convinced, as he showed by his See also:

• ACTION

action at the See also:

• LONDON

London conference, that the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the British See also:

• NAVY

navy was indispensable to South Africa, and he set his See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face against Kruger's intrigues with See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and his avowed intention of acquiring an outlet to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to get into See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . In 1890 Hofmeyr joined forces with See also:

• CECIL

Cecil See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes, who became premier of Cape Colony with the support of the Bond . Hofmeyr's influence was a powerful See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in the conclusion of the See also:

• SWAZILAND (native name Pungwane)

Swaziland See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of 1890, as well as in stopping the " trek" to Banyailand (See also:

• RHODESIA (so named after Cecil Rhodes)

Rhodesia) in 1891—a notable reversal of the policy he had pursued seven years before . But the reactionary elements in the Bond See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew alarmed at Rhodes's imperialism, and in 1895 Hofmeyr resigned his seat in parliament and the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the Bond . Then came the See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson See also:

• RAID

Raid, and in its See also:

• WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")
• WAKE, THOMAS (1297-1349)
• WAKE, WILLIAM (1657-1737)

wake there rolled over South Africa a See also:

• WAVE

wave of Dutch and See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-British feeling such as had not been known since the days of See also:

• MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the hill of doves")

Majuba .

(The See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation issued by Sir See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson disavowing Jameson was suggested by Hofmeyr, who helped to draw up its terms.) Once more Hofmeyr became president of the Bond . By an alteration of the provincial constitution, all power in the Cape See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Bond was vested in the hands of a vigilance See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of three, of whom Hofmeyr and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother were two . As the recognized leader of the Cape Dutch, he protested against such abuses as the See also:

• DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly in the Transvaal, and urged Kruger even at the See also:

• ELEVENTH

eleventh See also:

• HOUR

hour to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant reasonable concessions rather than plunge into a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war that might involve Cape Afrikanderdom and the Transvaal in a See also:

• COMMON

common ruin . In July 1899 he journeyed to See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria, and vainly supported the proposal of a satisfactory See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, combined with a limited See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the Uitlanders in the Volksraad, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September urged the Transvaal to accede to the proposed See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint inquiry . During the negotiations of 1899, and after the outbreak of war, the official See also:

• ORGAN

organ of the Bond, Ons Land, was conspicuous for its anti-British attitude, and its violence forced See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts to suppress it in the Cape Colony See also:

• DISTRICT

district under See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial law . Hofmeyr never associated himself publicly with the opinions expressed by Ons.Land, but neither did he repudiate them . The See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide of race sympathy among his Dutch supporters made his position one of great difficulty, and shortly after the outbreak of war he withdrew to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and refused to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as a member of the " Conciliation Committee " which came to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1901 in the interests of the See also:

• BOER

Boer republics . Towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the war Hofineyr returned to South Africa and organized the Bond forces for the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election held in Cape Colony at the beginning of 1904, which resulted in the defeat of the Bond party . Hofmeyr retained his ascendancy over the Cape Dutch, but now began to find himself somewhat out of sympathy with the larger outlook on South African affairs taken by the younger leaders of the Boers in the Transvaal . During 1906 he gave offence to the extreme See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the Bond by some criticisms of the tacit and his use of See also:

• ENGLISH

English in public speeches . At the general election in 1908 the Bond, still largely under his direction, gained a victory at the polls, but Hofmeyr himself was not a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate . In the renewed See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement for the closer union of the South African colonies he advocated federation as opposed to unification .

When, however, the unification proposals were ratified by the Cape parliament, Hofmeyr procured his nomination as one of the Cape delegates to England in the summer of 1909 to submit the draft act of union to the imperial government . He attended the conferences with the officials of the Colonial Office for the preparation of the draft act, and after the See also:

• BILL

bill had become law went to Germany for a " cure." He returned to London in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1909, where he died on the 16th of that See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month . His See also:

• BODY

body was taken to Cape Town for See also:

• BURIAL

burial .