The Molteno Family Tree
Henry Anderson Molteno
1880 - 1969 (88 years)-
Name Henry Anderson Molteno [1, 2] Nickname Harry Birth 30 Sep 1880 Cape, South Africa 
[1, 2] Baptism 14 Nov 1880 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa [1] Gender Male Death 21 Jul 1969 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa [1] Notes - The youngest son of John Charles Molteno. Harry partnered his brother, Ted Molteno, in developing their largescale deciduous fruit and apple farms at Elgin in the first half of the 20th century. Harry, like his brother, Ted, never married. Both brothers set up charitable trusts and left most of their wealth to them. In addition, Harry made several major bequests during his lifetime to universities and at least one school. Educated at Cambridge, he was musical. For many years, he and Ted had their cousin, Dr Ernest Anderson, also a bachelor, living with them. After Harry died, the Molteno Brothers Trust ran the farms and became a very large donor to various educational projects, notably the Molteno Project which concentrated on improving literacy and the teaching of English in Black schools in South Africa during the last decades of the apartheid era.
Person ID I291 Molteno Genealogy Last Modified 14 Nov 2019
Father John Charles Molteno, Sir, b. 5 Jun 1814, Peckham, Camberwell, London, England d. 1 Sep 1886, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years) Mother Marie Sobella Blenkins, b. 8 Jun 1847, Karachie, India d. 18 Sep 1926, Caledon, Cape Province, South Africa (Age 79 years) Marriage 1875 Family ID F139 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The youngest son of John Charles Molteno. Harry partnered his brother, Ted Molteno, in developing their largescale deciduous fruit and apple farms at Elgin in the first half of the 20th century. Harry, like his brother, Ted, never married. Both brothers set up charitable trusts and left most of their wealth to them. In addition, Harry made several major bequests during his lifetime to universities and at least one school. Educated at Cambridge, he was musical. For many years, he and Ted had their cousin, Dr Ernest Anderson, also a bachelor, living with them. After Harry died, the Molteno Brothers Trust ran the farms and became a very large donor to various educational projects, notably the Molteno Project which concentrated on improving literacy and the teaching of English in Black schools in South Africa during the last decades of the apartheid era.
