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Governor of the Cape of Good Hope

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Rijk Tulbagh, (baptd. May 14, 1699-August 11, 1771), was a zealous and capable administrator who rose to become one of the most efficient and respected...

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Hendrik Swellengrebel (September 20, 1700 – December 26, 1760), the only governor of the Cape of Good Hope to have been born at the Cape...

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