MARTINUS THEUNIS See also:

• MARTINUS THEUNIS STEYN (1857– )

STEYN (1857– )  , last See also:

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

president of the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WINBURG

Winburg in that state on the 2nd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1857 . He was a student in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and later in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England at the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, and was called to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1882 . After his return to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa he practised as a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister at See also:

• BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein, and in 1889 was appointed state See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney of the Free State . A few months afterwards he became second See also:

• PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, modern puine, later born, inferior; Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born)

puisne See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, and in 1893 first puisne judge of the high See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . His decisions won him a reputation for ability and See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment . In 1895, upon the resignation of President F . W . Reitz, See also:

• STEYN, MARTINUS THEUNIS (1857– )

Steyn was the See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate of the See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan-Dutch party for the vacant See also:

• POST

post . The See also:

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

election resulted (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1896) in a decisive victory for Steyn . As president he linked the fortunes of his state with those of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, a policy which led to the extinction of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . After the occupation of Bloemfontein by 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 Steyn wandered about South Africa, carrying on a semblance of 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, and on occasion taking See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of military operations . More than once he narrowly escaped See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture .

Regarded as one of the most irreconcilable of the See also:

• BOER

Boer leaders, he took See also:

• PART

part, however, in the preliminary See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace negotiations at See also:

• KLERKSDORP

Klerksdorp in See also:

• APRIL

April 1902, but was prevented by illness from See also:

• SIGNING

signing the See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of surrender at See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria on the 31st of May . At that date he was suffering from locomotor ataxy, brought on by his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant exertions; and in the See also:

• JULY

July following he sailed for See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, where he remained until the autumn of 1904 . He then took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CROWN

crown, and returning to South Africa partially restored to See also:

• HEALTH

health resumed an active participation in politics . In 1908–1909 he was See also:

• VICE

vice-president of the Closer See also:

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

Union See also:

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

Convention, where he was distinguished for his statesmanlike and conciliatory attitude, while maintaining the rights of the Dutch community .