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Having a scientific frame of mind, he embarked on an extensive process of research and experiments in refrigeration techniques for large shipping vessels. The result was that he developed and brought in new refrigeration methods to allow for the first successful introduction of South African fruit to
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newspaper, in which he also had shares, and decades later, when Jabavu's son wrote his father's biography, he dedicated it to their family friend as "...a token of thanks, for deeds of true friendship to the hero of this work." In addition, during this time he used his influence in both Africa &
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A final compromise saved a weak form of qualified franchise but only in the liberal Cape. Molteno, who increasingly saw even the qualified franchise as insufficiently inclusive, called the compromise "pathetic" and predicted a worsening struggle over the issue of political rights. His later letters
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Molteno had been acutely aware of the earliest beginnings of that tendency many years earlier, and it increasingly became his primary concern about the political future of South Africa. It also led him to intensify his support for the cause of black African nationalist movements, and activists such
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From the beginning, he saw great potential in South Africa's agricultural exports. His father had undertaken the first experimental export of fruit as a young man in 1841, loading a ship with dried fruit for the Australian market. Percy however, was keenly interested in the possibility of using the
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Having returned to South Africa to see what he could do to "salvage something from the wreckage" and experience first-hand where need was most urgent, Molteno traveled extensively through the war-ravaged country, setting up relief funds and even adopting war orphans. The degree of his involvement
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From very early on, Molteno foresaw the nature of the upcoming conflict and, through his correspondence with the leading politicians of the day, sought to warn them, and attack "official ignorance in high places of the realities in South Africa". As the war drew nearer, he threw his influence and
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across South Africa. It was widely known that it would inevitably result in black majority rule. However, the political predicament on the eve of Union was that it course of action was supported only by a few white liberals and black politicians in the Cape, and the overwhelming majority of the
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called him "a true son of the soil, and a South African patriot I know and admire". He also remained closely involved in its politics, through his many influential family members, as well as through his friendship with nearly all of the most powerful South African politicians and businessmen.
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with other members of his family (particularly his brothers William and John Molteno), he soon shared his discoveries and influenced many other shipping companies to install refrigeration chambers on their vessels. Nonetheless, in the ensuing decades, it was his two youngest brothers,
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A very unostentatious man who despised flatterers and time-servers, he throughout his life repeatedly refused titles and honours, though his influence behind the scenes was immense. Famously, when Prime Minister Botha initially refused to attend the
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The Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G., First Premier of Cape Colony: Comprising a History of Representative Institutions and Responsible Government at the Cape and of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Policy & of Sir Bartle
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accompanied him to see the cases opened, and when case after case opened in perfect condition, the relief and joy was immense. Land prices in the Cape immediately shot up, and a new economic chapter was opened for Southern Africa.
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At the same time, he established Southern Africa's first fruit export organisation, with an eye to developing and controlling the Cape's agricultural exports. Although this was originally set up as a
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He had originally needed to move to London to oversee his vast network of international shipping lines, but he remained deeply attached to southern Africa. His close friend the activist
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He was a prolific letter-writer who corresponded with many of the leading political figures of the colony. His writings and politics were guided by two main themes: his advocacy of
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magazine where he intended writers to present articles on controversial issues of the time that were based on reason, evidence and ethics, rather than on emotion and nationalism.
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led to his disillusionment with South African politics and his increasing devotion to humanitarian issues such as the Vienna Emergency Relief Fund, which he started in 1919.
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predominantly-white electorate across Southern Africa was strongly opposed to that outcome. Besides, the British government was inclined to support the opposition.
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Molteno saw the upcoming union as politically inevitable and not necessarily a bad thing. He had, after all, been advocating the ending of animosities between
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and John X. Merriman), and he severed business relations with Rhodes and other prominent figures, whom he saw as instigators. He was also a chairman of the
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Molteno's family was originally Italian and, throughout his life, he visited Italy for extended periods. He was, particularly, attached to the island of
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to allow South African produce to be successfully shipped to the enormous European consumer markets, thereby opening them up for South African exports.
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to Botha and Merriman (1914) warn of history repeating itself in "poor South Africa" and of approaching troubles to which he could see no end.
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to discuss Union, it was a personal and undisclosed cable from Molteno that brought Botha to London in a cooperative frame of mind.
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P.A. Molteno (1914): Letter dated 13 February 1914. Edited by J.W.E. van de Poel. South African Library: The Merriman Papers.
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in 1910. He was also the adviser and confidant of a number of leading South African statesmen during this process.
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In South Africa, he publicly supported and donated large sums of money to the fundraising activities of
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reports fearing that his windows would be smashed if word got out that Molteno was present at his club.
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Apples of the sun : being an account of the lives, vision and achievements of the Molteno brothers
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Apples of the sun : being an account of the lives, vision and achievements of the Molteno brothers
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in 1906, and soon used his increased parliamentary influence in the direction of the granting of full
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from Southern Africa, eventually, through these shipping lines, controlling the routes of the bulk of
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Finally, when war broke out, he took his place in the heart of British society as openly "Pro-Boer".
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European and other overseas markets. On 31 January 1892, when the first shipment arrived in Britain,
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against the Boers, he also continued the work that he had started during the height of the war with
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Molteno was prominent in condemning the British forces' use of 'scorched earth' tactics against the
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and, in his later life, he spent more time there. He died in 1937 at the age of 76, on a trip to
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Not surprisingly the effects of such political activism on his business empire were devastating.
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wrote to him in 1902, "You seem to spend yourself body, soul and fortune as if the war lay on
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Fruit and Food Technology Research Institute, Stellenbosch: Information Bulletin no.22.(1971)
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as John Tengo Jabavu. Jabavu was a political ally and old friend of his brothers, the Cape
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Hedge of Wild Almonds: South Africa, the Pro-Boers & the Quaker Conscience, 1890-1910
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He is consequently regarded as the pioneer of the South African export fruit industry.
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and Boers for years. However, he was deeply concerned about the movement to unite all
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Dutton, David (2022). "A Liberal for All Seasons? Percy Alport Molteno, 1861-1937".
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As chairman of the Union Castle Company he oversaw a massive expansion in export
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Southern Africa in the late 1800s; with the Cape Colony coloured blue, and the
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Molteno was elected in 1906 as a Liberal Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for
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Molteno was a rationalist and a great supporter of scientific endeavour (The
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fortune behind the minority "peace party" (which now included his colleagues
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The First President: A Life of John L. Dube, Founding President of the ANC
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The South Africa Conciliaton Committee, list of names and addresses (1899)
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regarding Southern Africa, and the earliest signs of the coming war.
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Selections from the correspondence of Percy Alport Molteno 1892-1914
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in 1921). His scientific work was primarily with refrigeration and
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In the early 1890s, the rise of pro-imperialist politicians such as
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Mrs F.C. Selous (25 September 1937). "A True Son of South Africa".
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once refused to attend a dinner if they were sitting together, and
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Selections from the correspondence of John X. Merriman, 1905-1924.
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Selections from the correspondence of John X. Merriman, 1905-1924.
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http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/uploads/47-Summer%25202005.pdf
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described him "acutely intelligent" and unusually open-minded.
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immigrant to South Africa who later served as the Cape's first
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Molteno supported the extension of the Cape's multiracial "
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was another African nationalist to receive his support.
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He was deeply involved in the process leading up to the
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Union-Castle liners in Cape Town harbour. Early 1900s.
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The South African Crisis: A Plain Statement of Facts
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Index


British
Liberal
Politician
Shipping magnate
Philanthropist
Liberal
Member of Parliament
John Molteno
Anglo-Italian
Prime Minister
Diocesan College
Trinity College, Cambridge
called to the bar
barrister
Inner Temple

barrister
Union-Castle
Donald Currie
shipping lines
southern Africa
refrigeration
John X. Merriman
Cape Government
syndicate
Edward and Harry Molteno

Dumfriesshire
British Liberal Party

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