Johannes Brand President

Sir Johannes Henricus Brand, GCMG (popularly known as Jan Brand and sometimes as John Henry Brand) (6 December 1823, Cape Town – 14 July 1888, Bloemfontein) was a South African lawyer and politician, and the fourth state president of the Orange Free State, from 2 February 1864 until his death in 1888. He was the son of Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (1797-1875), speaker of the Cape legislative assembly, and Catharina Fredrica Küchler.Johannes Brand married in 1851 to Johanna Sibella Zastron, a daughter of the Registrar of Deeds in Cape Town. The couple had 8 sons and 3 daughters.

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Johannes Brand
Birth dateDecember 06, 1823
Birth place
Cape Town , Cape Colony
Religion
Dutch Reformed Church
Date of deathJuly 14, 1888
Place of death
Bloemfontein , Orange Free State
Education
Leiden University
South African College

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