Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (1797 to 1875) was a Cape Colony jurist, politician and statesman who studied law at the University of Leiden, earning his doctorate in 1820, before establishing a law practice in Cape Town in 1821 and becoming one of the first advocates admitted to the Supreme Court of the Cape Colony in 1829. He founded and edited the newspaper De Zuid-Afrikaan, served as the first Speaker of the Cape House of Assembly for twenty years from 1854 to 1873, continued in that role after the introduction of responsible government in 1872, and was knighted in 1860.
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RoleCape jurist, politician, statesman and first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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Why was Christoffel Brand unhappy with British rule at the Cape?
He felt the British had marginalized the Cape Dutch and displaced their legal system.
According to his biography, Brand was bitterly disillusioned by the way he perceived the British government to have marginalized the Cape Dutch community. In particular, he objected to the British replacing the Dutch legal system at the Cape with an Anglophone common law system.
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Brand came from a long line of Dutch colonial administrators: both his father and grandfather (Christoffel Brand) had been officials with the Dutch East India Company.
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Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (21 June 1797 Cape Town - 19 May 1875 Cape Town) was a Cape jurist, politician, statesman and first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony.
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Brand was bitterly disillusioned by the manner in which he perceived the British government to have marginalized the Cape Dutch community, in particular the way they had supplanted the Dutch legal system in the Cape with an Anglophone common law system.
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Wikidata Q5111646, P27 country of citizenship claim
P27 (country of citizenship): South Africa
Wikidata Q5111646, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1797
Wikidata Q5111646, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1797-06-21
Wikidata Q5111646, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1875
Wikidata Q5111646, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1875-05-19
Wikidata Q5111646, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cape Town
Wikidata Q5111646, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cape Town
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