The Molteno Family Tree
John Charles Molteno, Sir
1814 - 1886 (72 years)
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Name John Charles Molteno [1, 2, 3] Suffix Sir Birth 5 Jun 1814 Peckham, Camberwell, London, England 
[1, 3] - Birth registered Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel
Gender Male Burial Sep 1886 St Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa [1] Death 1 Sep 1886 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa [1, 3] Notes - Eldest son of John Molteno and Caroline Bower of London. Emigrated at the age of 16 to the Cape Colony. Became a merchant; later pioneered merino sheep farming at Nelspoort in the Karoo. Elected to the first legislature of the Cape Colony in 1854. Pressed for responsible government (whereby the executive of ministers is accountable to Parliament, and not to the colony’s British Governor), and became the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister in 1872. Married three times. His first wife, Maria Hewitson, died tragically in childbirth in 1845. By his second wife, Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, John Molteno had ten children who survived infancy and from whom the majority of Moltenos today trace their descent – Betty, Caroline, Maria, Charlie, Percy, Frank, James, Victor, Wallace and Barkly. Following the death of Elizabeth Maria, John Charles married ‘Minnie’ Blenkins; they had four children – Minnie, Ted, Clifford and Harry. None of these ever married or had children. John was knighted sometime after he had been ousted, contrary to established parliamentary convention, as Prime Minister by the then Governor.
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Person ID I444 Molteno Genealogy Last Modified 24 Jan 2024
Father John Molteno, b. 1 Mar 1788, Islington, London, England d. 10 Apr 1827, Soho Square, London (Age 39 years) Mother Caroline Bower, b. 26 Dec 1790, St.Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, England d. 28 Mar 1866, Lambeth, London, England (Age 75 years) Marriage 3 May 1813 London [4, 5] Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Maria Hewitson, b. 1814, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 31 years) Marriage 10 Oct 1844 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Children 1. Infant Molteno, b. 15 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa d. 16 Jul 1845, Nelspoort, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 0 years)Family ID F141 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jul 2017
Family 2 Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, b. 20 Jan 1831, Western Cape, South Africa d. 8 Apr 1874, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 43 years) Marriage 20 Oct 1851 [1] Children 1. Elizabeth Maria Molteno, b. 24 Sep 1852, South Africa d. 25 Aug 1927, South Africa (Age 74 years)2. Caroline Molteno, b. 22 Oct 1853, South Africa d. 6 Dec 1937, London (Age 84 years)3. John Molteno, b. 24 Apr 1855, South Africa d. 3 Sep 1856, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 1 year)4. Maria Molteno, b. 24 Dec 1856, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 17 Feb 1903, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 46 years)5. Hercules Jarvis Molteno, b. 13 Jan 1858, Western Cape, South Africa d. Jan 1861, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 3 years)6. John Charles Molteno, b. 5 Mar 1860, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 23 Jan 1924, Sandown House, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 63 years)7. Percy Albert Molteno, b. 12 Sep 1861, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 19 Sep 1937, Zürich, Switzerland (Age 76 years)8. Frank Molteno, b. 16 Sep 1863, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 9 Jun 1926, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 62 years)9. James Tennant Molteno, Sir, b. 5 Jan 1865, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Sep 1936, London (Age 71 years)10. Victor Grey Molteno, b. 13 Apr 1866, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 10 Jul 1926, South Africa (Age 60 years)11. Alfred Bower Molteno, b. 10 Jan 1868, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 7 Jan 1873, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 4 years)12. William Wallace Dickenson Molteno, b. 3 Dec 1869, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 22 Nov 1931 (Age 61 years)+ 13. Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B.,R.N., b. 30 Apr 1872, South Africa d. 12 Nov 1952, Farnham, Surrey (Age 80 years)14. Sophia Maria Molteno, b. 22 Mar 1874 d. 8 Feb 1875 (Age 0 years) Family ID F140 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2024
Family 3 Marie Sobella Blenkins, b. 8 Jun 1847, Karachie, India d. 18 Sep 1926, Caledon, Cape Province, South Africa (Age 79 years) Marriage 1875 Children 1. Minnie Evelyn Molteno, b. 13 May 1876, Cape Colony, South Africa d. 6 Jul 1953, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 77 years)2. Edward Bartle Frere Molteno, b. 31 May 1877, Cape, South Africa d. 28 Jul 1950, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years)3. Clifford William Blenkins Molteno, b. 2 Aug 1878, Claremont, Western Cape, South Africa d. 12 Oct 1958 (Age 80 years)4. Henry Anderson Molteno, b. 30 Sep 1880, Cape, South Africa d. 21 Jul 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 88 years)Family ID F139 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jul 2017
