Sir Thomas Charles Scanlen K. C. M. G., M. L. A. ⁵ ^,13

Born: 9 Jul 1834, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Emma Thackwray in 1855 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: 15 May 1912, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia aged 77
Buried: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. Emma Thackwray

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bullet General Notes:

Thomas spent his youth in Cradock and Salem where he was educated. He studied to be
an Attorney and was admitted to the Cape Bar in 1866.

He was a member of the Divisional Council in Cradock and chairman of the
Cradock Municipality as well as a Justice of the Peace for the area.

In 1869 he was elected as a member of The Legislative Assembly and represented
Cradock for 26 years. In 1877 he and his family moved to Cape Town and he
became a partner in the firm Fairbridge, Arderne and Scanlen. Thomas became
the Leader of the Opposition in 1879 and was considered as an outstanding
politician.

On 10 May 1881 he became the first South African born Prime Minister of the
Cape Colony and held this position as well as that of Attorney General until
12 May 1884. In 1882 he also held the position of Colonial Secretary. He
was also the chairman of SA Mutual Life Assurance Society.

He was knighted for his service to South Africa.

In 1896 he moved to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia where he started a legal firm called "Scanlen & Holderness" which was eventually taken over by his son.

His wife Emma, or Kate, as she was known became an invalid.

Thomas later married a cousin, Sarah A Dennison, and had a further
three children

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000015410097324?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000015408152090&position=0

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000015410097324?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000015408152090&position=0

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14702-41458-71?cc=1838530
He died of respiratory failure.

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=552005

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

And

http://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000015410097324?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000015408152090&position=0

And

http://1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I17750&tree=master

• Baptism, 21 Jul 1834, Commemoration Methodist Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

• Occupation. Legal Adviser to the British South African Company.
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Thomas married Emma Thackwray, daughter of Joseph Ebenezer Thackwray and Mary Weakley, in 1855 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Emma Thackwray was born on 6 Jul 1835, christened on 13 Sep 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, died on 7 Feb 1862 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and was buried in 1862 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

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The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

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