Charles Dominic Molteno

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1833, London
• Residence: 1866, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland

Notes:

Son of George Anthony Molteno, the first Molteno to settle in London. A favourite uncle of John Charles Molteno who emigrated to the Cape Colony. After a lifetime working for the Docks in London, Charles Dominic moved to Scotland with his wife, Margaret Scott (who had been widowed as Mrs Glass).

In late 1860, during only his second visit to England since emigrating to the Cape in 1831, John Charles took his family up to Scotland to stay with Charles Dominic, and it was in his house that Percy Molteno was born.



Charles Dominic Molteno, who has been mentioned as one of the three children in the Shelley miniature, was the younger brother of John and the uncle whose family seems to have maintained contact with Sir John Charles Molteno [in the Cape Colony] and his children over the years. The name of Uncle Charles occurs in this volume from time to time. Born in 1789, he married Mrs. Margaret Scott Glass (1786-1873) in 1851(?). She was the widow of the Rev. Lawrence Glass of Aberdeen, Scotland, by whom she had two daughters, Margaret Scott Glass (died 8 October 1888) and Catherine Glass (died 17 April 1901, aged 90 years). Mrs. Glass owned the property of Newton in Perthshire. There Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Molteno lived for many years.

Charles Dominic was just becoming known in the literary world when he was involved in a dispute with Lockhart, Sir Walter Scott's son-in-law, concerning the merits of Keats's poetry. The result was a duel which ended tragically in his death (1821). (Letters of Dr. John Brown, edited by his son, D.W. Forest.)

Charles married Margaret Glass in 1823 in London. Margaret was born in 1787 in Scotland; died in 1873 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]