Sir John Charles Molteno, KCMG

1814 - 1886  (72 years)

• Name	John Charles Molteno  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	KCMG
  Born	5 Jun 1814	London, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	First Premier of the Cape
  Died	1 Sep 1886	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Buried	St Saviour's, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I29685	master
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Maria Hewetson, - 1st wife of John Molteno,   d. 15 Jul 1845
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F35029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Jarvis, - 2nd wife of John Molteno,   d. 1875
  Married	20 Oct 1851
  Children	1. Elizabeth Maria Molteno,   b. 24 Sep 1852,   d. 25 Aug 1927, London, England  (Age 74 years)   2. Caroline Molteno,   b. 1852,   d. 1937  (Age 85 years)   3. J Molteno,   b. 1854   4. Maria Molteno,   b. 1856,   d. 1903  (Age 47 years)   5. Hercules Molteno,   b. 1858,   d. 1861  (Age 3 years)   6. John Charles Molteno,   b. 4 Mar 1860,   d. 23 Mar 1924  (Age 64 years)   7. Percy Alport Molteno,   b. 12 Sep 1861,   d. 19 Sep 1937, Zurich, Switzerland  (Age 76 years) + 8. Frank Molteno,   b. 16 Feb 1863,   d. 9 Jun 1926, Woodstock, Western Cape, South Africa  (Age 63 years)   9. James Tennant Molteno,   b. 5 Jan 1865, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 Sep 1936  (Age 71 years) + 10. Victor Grey Molteno,   b. 1866,   d. 10 Jul 1926  (Age 60 years)   11. Alfred Molteno,   b. 1867,   d. 1873  (Age 6 years)   12. William Molteno,   b. 1869,   d. 1931  (Age 62 years)   13. Vincent Barkly Molteno,   b. 30 Apr 1872,   d. 12 Nov 1952  (Age 80 years)   14. Sophia Maria Molteno,   b. 1875,   d. 1875  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F10135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Sibella Maria Blenkins,   b. Jun 1847, Karachi, India ,   d. 18 Sep 1926, Eikenhof, Elgin, Caledon district, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Children	1. Minnie Evelyn Molteno,   d. 1953, Gordon's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa   2. Edward Bartle Frere Molteno,   b. Abt 1877,   d. 28 Jul 1950, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  (Age ~ 73 years)   3. Clifford William Blenkins Molteno,   b. 1878,   d. 1958  (Age 80 years)   4. Henry Anderson Molteno,   b. 1880,   d. 1969  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F35026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 5 Jun 1814 - London, England Died - 1 Sep 1886 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Buried - - St Saviour's, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Married - - Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Molteno emigrated to the Cape in 1831 at the age of 17, where he found work as an assistant to the public librarian in Cape Town. Molteno was married three times and had a total of nineteen children

  
  

• Sources

  [S4269] The Sampson Family 1775-1960 (Reliability: 2).