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Robert Vincent Molteno

Male 1943 - 2022  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Robert Vincent Molteno was born on 11 Jan 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (son of Donald Barkly Molteno, QC and Mary Fleet Goldsmith); died on 31 Jan 2022 in London.

    Notes:

    Education:
    Bishops 1951 - 1960
    University of Cape Town – BA (Hons) (Law) (1965)
    University of Manchester – M.Sc. (Econ.) (1967)
    Plumpton Agricultural College – Agricultural Labourers Certificate, Part 1 (1977)

    Career:
    Research Fellow and Lecturer at the very new University of Zambia in Lusaka (1968 – 1976)
    Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (1976)
    Managing Editor, Zed Books Ltd, London (1977 – 2005)
    Chair, Publications Committee, International African Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies (2005 – 2008)

    Council member, the Royal African Society (http://www.royalafricansociety.org/)
    Council member, the Caine Prize for African Writing (http://www.caineprize.com/)
    Trustee, International African Institute (http://www.internationalafricaninstitute.org/)
    Member and active in Friends of the Earth.



    Activities
    My passion is campaigning on climate change which is the issue which will determine the quality of life of our children and grandchildren, and indeed the future of the planet as a habitable and wonderful place.

    I am also researching and writing the story of the Molteno, Murray and related families whose members, starting from Milan in the middle of the 18th century, spread to England and Scotland, South Africa and Kenya, Hawaii in the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, and the United States. What happened to these families across the past 8 generations holds up a fascinating mirror to the extraordinary changes the world has gone through since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

    What I love most, apart from friends, is the English countryside – walking in it, lunching in its pubs, just being there; it is what brings me peace of mind.

    Other memorable activities and moments over past 50 years
    The excitement of living in Zambia, and being part of the process, in the early years of its independence when optimism about creating a better world still reigned!
    Two months in solitary confinement (apart from the interrogations) spent in Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison, which gave me a lifelong conviction about the inhumanity of all incarceration.
    The friendships, energy and togetherness that came during the time when, as Chair of the Wandsworth Association of School Parents, we campaigned locally to save our state schools in Inner London.
    The long slog over quarter of a century when Zed Books tried to give effective voice to the courageous and free-spirited social campaigners and engaged intellectuals who, against enormous odds throughout the ‘developing’ world, struggled to make their countries more democratic, more confident and independent, less poor, and with hope and strategies for a better future.

    Philosophical comments
    My years at Bishops were not the best time of my life. My hopelessness at all sports didn’t help build my confidence! But the last two years at College were wonderful intellectually. And I took away from the school some lifelong friends; the knowledge that one must never be intimidated; the wonderful diversionary power of humour; as well as some values that I hope have infused the way I have tried to live my life. At the risk of sounding pompous, we live in this world to enjoy it; to understand it; and to make it a better place for all of us.

    Robert married Marion Irene Marquard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kathleen May Molteno
    2. Sharon Star Margaret Molteno

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Donald Barkly Molteno, QC was born on 13 Feb 1908 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (son of William Wallace Dickenson Molteno and Lilias Sandeman); died on 24 Dec 1972 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Calcutta, India
    • Baptism: 17 Mar 1908, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mortlake, Surrey
    • Education: Between 1918 and 1926; Bishops. Lawyer
    • Arrival: 9 Aug 1927, London
    • Departure: Jul 1929, Natal, Amazonas, Brazil
    • Arrival: Aug 1929, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Departure: 29 Oct 1931, London

    Notes:

    Donald Barkly Molteno (13 February 1908–1972), known as Dilizintaba ("He who removes mountains"), was a South African parliamentarian, constitutional lawyer, champion of civil rights and a prominent opponent of Apartheid.

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barkly_Molteno

    Donald married Mary Fleet Goldsmith in 1940. Mary was born on 31 Dec 1912 in Petersfield, Hampshire; died on 19 Jul 1997 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Fleet Goldsmith was born on 31 Dec 1912 in Petersfield, Hampshire; died on 19 Jul 1997 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Molly

    Children:
    1. Donald Frank Molteno
    2. 1. Robert Vincent Molteno was born on 11 Jan 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Jan 2022 in London.
    3. Patrick Grahame Molteno was born on 27 Sep 1945; died in 2010.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Wallace Dickenson Molteno was born on 3 Dec 1869 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (son of John Charles Molteno, Sir and Elizabeth Maria Jarvis); died on 22 Nov 1931.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
    • Occupation: Kafferskraal, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Farmer
    • Baptism: 6 Feb 1870, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 17 Mar 1908, South Africa
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mortlake, Surrey
    • Arrival: 3 May 1931, Southampton, Hampshire

    William married Lilias Sandeman in 1907. Lilias (daughter of John Edward Sandeman, Col. and Jane Jessie Taylor) was born on 28 Aug 1880 in Rangoon, Burma; died in 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lilias Sandeman was born on 28 Aug 1880 in Rangoon, Burma (daughter of John Edward Sandeman, Col. and Jane Jessie Taylor); died in 1936.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
    • Baptism: 22 Sep 1880, Rangoon, Burma
    • Baptism: 22 Sep 1880, Rangoon, Burma
    • Baptism: 22 Sep 1880, West Bengal, India
    • Residence: 1901, St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland
    • Residence: 17 Mar 1908, South Africa
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mortlake, Surrey
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mortlake, Surrey
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mortlake, Surrey
    • Arrival: 26 May 1924, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Arrival: 29 Aug 1932, Southampton, Hampshire

    Children:
    1. 2. Donald Barkly Molteno, QC was born on 13 Feb 1908 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Dec 1972 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. Aimee Joan Molteno was born on 9 Aug 1909 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Mar 1960 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. Edward Wallace Molteno was born on 13 Aug 1912 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1990.
    4. Jocelyn Lilias Molteno was born in 1916 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1999.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Charles Molteno, Sir was born on 5 Jun 1814 in London (son of John Molteno and Caroline Bower); died on 1 Sep 1886 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Sep 1886 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: First Cape Prime Minister
    • Education: 1830, Ewell, Surrey; Educated at Ewell
    • Destination: 1831, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Sailed to South Africa. Duties at Public Library in Cape Town
    • Occupation: 1837, South Africa; Started own commercial business
    • Residence: 1852, Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 10 Jun 1876, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 11 Aug 1877, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 24 Sep 1878, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 14 Nov 1880, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Retired: Aug 1882, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    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.


    For more information about John Charles Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno


    Birth:
    Birth registered Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel

    John married Elizabeth Maria Jarvis on 20 Oct 1851. Elizabeth (daughter of Hercules Crosse Jarvis and Elizabeth Maria Vos) was born on 20 Jan 1831 in Western Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Maria Jarvis was born on 20 Jan 1831 in Western Cape, South Africa (daughter of Hercules Crosse Jarvis and Elizabeth Maria Vos); died on 8 Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Apr 1874 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 20 Feb 1831, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Children:
    1. Caroline Molteno was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa; died on 6 Dec 1937 in London; was buried in Dec 1937 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. Elizabeth Maria Molteno was born on 24 Sep 1852 in South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1927 in South Africa.
    3. John Molteno was born on 24 Apr 1855 in South Africa; died on 3 Sep 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 3 Sep 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    4. Maria Molteno was born on 24 Dec 1856 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Feb 1903 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Feb 1903 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    5. Hercules Jarvis Molteno was born on 13 Jan 1858 in Western Cape, South Africa; died in Jan 1861 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1861 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    6. John Charles Molteno was born on 5 Mar 1860 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jan 1924 in Sandown House, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
    7. Percy Albert Molteno was born on 12 Sep 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 19 Sep 1937 in Zürich, Switzerland.
    8. Frank Molteno was born on 16 Sep 1863 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Jun 1926 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    9. James Tennant Molteno, Sir was born on 5 Jan 1865 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Sep 1936 in London; was buried in Borough, Surrey.
    10. Victor Grey Molteno was born on 13 Apr 1866 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1926 in South Africa.
    11. Alfred Bower Molteno was born on 10 Jan 1868 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Jan 1873 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1873 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    12. 4. William Wallace Dickenson Molteno was born on 3 Dec 1869 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Nov 1931.
    13. Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B.,R.N. was born on 30 Apr 1872 in South Africa; died on 12 Nov 1952 in Farnham, Surrey; was buried in Farnham, Surrey.
    14. Sophia Maria Molteno was born on 22 Mar 1874; died on 8 Feb 1875.

  3. 10.  John Edward Sandeman, Col. was born on 3 Sep 1843 in India; died on 4 Jun 1933 in Bognor Regis, Sussex.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military Service: 7 Jun 1861; Age: 17
    • Military Service: 1892; Age: 49
    • Residence: 1901, St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland; Colonel. Indian Staff Corps.
    • Residence: 1911, Mortlake, Surrey; Widowed.
    • Military Service: 1917; Age: 74
    • Probate: 15 Aug 1933, London; To Georgina Sandeman. Widow. Effects. £1293 9s11d.

    John married Jane Jessie Taylor on 1 Mar 1873 in West Bengal, India. Jane (daughter of Henry Duncan Taylor) was born in 1852; died on 6 Nov 1910 in Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jane Jessie Taylor was born in 1852 (daughter of Henry Duncan Taylor); died on 6 Nov 1910 in Surrey.
    Children:
    1. 5. Lilias Sandeman was born on 28 Aug 1880 in Rangoon, Burma; died in 1936.


 

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