Abraham Fischer

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Abraham Fischer
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Succeeded byHendrik Schalk Theron
Personal details
Born
Abraham Fischer

(1850-09-04)4 September 1850
Cape Colony
Died16 November 1913(1913-11-16) (aged 63)
Cape Town, Cape Province
South Africa
Resting placeWoltemade Cemetery, Cape Town
Political partyOrangia Unie
Other political
affiliations		South African Party
SpouseAda Robertson[1]
ChildrenHarry Fischer, Percy Fischer[2]
ProfessionAttorney, Politician

Abraham Fischer (9 April 1850 – 16 November 1913)[3] was a South African statesman. He was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa,[4] and when that ceased to exist joined the cabinet of the newly formed Union of South Africa.

Early life

Fischer was born on 9 April 1850 in Green Point, Cape Town[5] in to Johannes Jacobus George Fischer, formerly of the Dutch East India Company, and Catherina Anna Margertha Brink.[6][7]

Biography

He was educated at the

Cape Colony, joining the bar in 1875.[8] In 1873 he married Ana Robertson (1851-1927), the daughter of Scottish immigrants to the Free State.[1] He became interested in the politics of the Orange Free State, and in 1878 became a member of the Orange Free State's Volksraad.[8] He became vice-president of the Volksraad in 1893, a member of the executive council in 1896, and took part in many colonial and interstate conferences.[8] He headed a joint deputation from Transvaal and Orange Free State to Europe and America during the Boer War[9] to solicit support for the Boers, returning in 1903 to practice law in the newly formed Orange River Colony.[8]

Continuing to promote the Boer cause, he helped form the

Privy Councillor in 1911 and became Minister of the Interior and Lands in 1912.[9][8]

He was the father of

anti-apartheid activist.[8]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-86486-677-1
    .
  2. ISBN 0-86486-677-1
    .
  3. ^ Rulers and Governments of the World, vol. 3- 1930 to 1975, Charles G. Allen, Bowker, 1977, p. 481
  4. ISBN 0-86486-677-1
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 13 July 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  6. ^ The Amazing Mr Fischer, Gerard Ludi and Blaar Grobbelaar, Nasionale Boekhandel, 1966, p. 1
  7. ^ Braam Fischer: The Man with Two Faces, Afrikaanse Pers, Chris Vermaak, 1963
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )
  9. ^ a b Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Fischer, Abraham" . Encyclopedia Americana.
External image
image icon Gravestone of Abraham and his wife Ada in Woltemade Cemetery, Cape Town.
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