Andries Stockenström
Sir Andries Stockenström 1st Baronet | |
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Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet | |
| Lieutenant governor | |
| In office 13 September 1836 – 9 August 1838 | |
| Succeeded by | Col. John Hare |
| Constituency | Eastern Province of Cape Colony |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1792 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Died | 16 March 1864 (aged 71) London, England |
| Resting place | Kensal Green Cemetery |
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, (6 July 1792 in Cape Town – 16 March 1864 in London) was lieutenant governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony from 13 September 1836 to 9 August 1838.
His efforts in restraining colonists from moving into Xhosa lands served to make him immensely unpopular among the settlers of the Cape Colony frontier. As a historical figure, he long remained controversial in South Africa for supposedly hindering colonisation, and pro-imperialist histories have traditionally vilified him. However his relatively far-sighted and respectful policies towards the Xhosa have increasingly gained recognition in modern South Africa.
On Stockenström's legacy, historian Christopher Saunders concluded: "No man in the 19th century Cape had greater breadth of vision, none gained the respect of a wider constituency, black as well as white."