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Gordon Sprigg
British administrator, politician and prime minister of Cape Colony / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Gordon Sprigg, GCMG, PC (27 April 1830 – 4 February 1913) was an English-born colonial administrator and politician who served as prime minister of the Cape Colony on four different occasions.
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Sir John Gordon Sprigg | |
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Prime Minister of the Cape Colony | |
In office 18 June 1900 – 21 February 1904 | |
Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
Governor | Alfred Milner Walter Hely-Hutchinson |
Preceded by | William Philip Schreiner |
Succeeded by | Leander Starr Jameson |
In office 13 January 1896 – 13 October 1898 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | Hercules Robinson Alfred Milner |
Preceded by | Cecil John Rhodes |
Succeeded by | William Philip Schreiner |
In office 25 November 1886 – 16 July 1890 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | Hercules Robinson Henry Brougham Loch |
Preceded by | Thomas Upington |
Succeeded by | Cecil John Rhodes |
In office 6 February 1878 – 8 May 1881 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | Henry Bartle Frere |
Preceded by | Sir John Molteno |
Succeeded by | Thomas Charles Scanlen |
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Born | John Gordon Sprigg 27 April 1830 Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom |
Died | 4 February 1913 (aged 82) Cape Town, Cape Province South Africa |
Political party | Progressive |
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