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De KockCornelisCaptainCape Peninsula RiflesCommanding the Guard of Honour during the Royal visit
121 of 580 awards		Unknown
De KockJohn WilliamMember of the late House of Assembly, Cape of Good Hope
122 of 580 awards

John William de Kock is a name that will forever be synonymous with Mafeking, having served throughout the historic siege, and held the office of both Mayor and Member of Parliament for that town. He was born in 1863 an Hope Town, Cape Colony, and educated at Barkly West. The son of a Lawyer, he was articled in Kimberley and admitted to practise in 1887 at Beaconsfield where he practised until 1892, when he took residence at Mafeking. During the siege of the town he held the position of Fort Commander and, upon the cessation of the siege, became officer commanding the Town Guard until the end of the war. It was whilst the siege was in progress that he defended Lieutenant Kenneth Murchieson, accused of murder, before a Court Martial presided over by Lord Edward Cecil. On another occasion he was imprisoned by Baden-Powell for his outspoken concern at the treatment of the Baralongs, but he was released later on the advice of Mafeking’s Resident Magistrate Mr. Bell. He was elected Mayor of Mafeking in 1903 and was the official head of the town when the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain paid his visit. He started his Parliamentary career in 1904, when he was elected, unopposed, Member for Mafeking, before which he had acted as Parliamentary Agent for his predecessor, Mr. Julius Weil. Finding his Parliamentary duties pressing, he relinquished the Mayoral chair in 1905, but continued to serve as a Councillor. In the 1906 Parliamentary session he moved the famous federation resolution, which was followed by Dr. Jameson’s minute to H.E. the High Commissioner, resulting in Lord Selborne’s historical production and the eventual Union of South Africa. De Kock had various mineral rights and was one of the founders of the Madibi Gold Fields and discoverers of the K’raaipan Geological formation. He died at East London on 28 June, 1948, aged 85 years.		Unknown
De la ReyJ HGeneralMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Transvaal. Member of the Union Senate.
123 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersA M NMember of Secretary Staff of the National Convention
127 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersI W BMember of the late Legislative Council, Orange River Colony. Member of the Union Senate.
130 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersJacobMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Transvaal. Judge President of the Transvaal
128 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersJacob N PMember of the late Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope
129 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersLordPresident Late Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope. President of the National Convention. Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa
125 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersSeptimus P HMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Cape of Good Hope
131 of 580 awards		Unknown
De VilliersThe LadyWife of Lord De Villiers
126 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WaalHendrikMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Transvaal. Member of the Union House of Assembly.
132 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WaalLadyWife of N De Waal
134 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WaalN FredericMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Cape of Good Hope. Administrator, Cape of Good Hope Province
133 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WetChristiaan RGeneralMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Orange River Colony
135 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WetNicolaas JMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Orange River Colony
136 of 580 awards		Unknown
De WetNicolaas JMember of the late Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope
137 of 580 awards		Unknown
DeaneWilliam AMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Natal
116 of 580 awards		Unknown
DicksonGeorge A HLt ColOC Transvaal Cycle and Motor Corps
138 of 580 awards		Unknown
DicksonH HughesMember of the late Legislative Assembly, Orange River Colony
139 of 580 awards		Unknown
DouglassFrank WMember of the late House of Assembly, Cape of Good Hope
140 of 580 awards		Unknown
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