Cape of Good Hope Kaap de Goede Hoop (Dutch)
Status | British colony
Capital | Cape Town
Common languages | English, Dutch (official¹) Khoekhoe, Xhosa also spoken
Religion | Dutch Reformed Church, Anglican, San religion
Government | Constitutional monarchy
King/Queen |
• 1795–1820 | George III
• 1820–1830 | George IV
• 1830–1837 | William IV
• 1837–1901 | Victoria
• 1901–1910 | Edward VII
Governor |
• 1797–1798 | George Macartney
• 1901–1910 | Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Prime Minister |
• 1872–1878 | John Charles Molteno
• 1908–1910 | John X. Merriman
Historical era | Imperialism
• Established | 1795
• Dutch colony | 1803–1806
• Anglo-Dutch treaty | 1814
• Natal incorporated | 1844
• Disestablished | 1910