Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, Graaff-Reinet
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/GR
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1763 – 1977
History
The first form of administration in the area, which later constituted the Graaff-Reinet district, was an official appointed in October 1780 as "Commandant of the Lands in the East".
After numerous petitions to the Council of Policy a magistrate was eventually appointed for the Graaff-Reinet district on 13 December 1785.
The magistrate acted as chairman of the Slave Office, Clerk of the Peace, representative of the Orphan Chamber, chairman of the matrimonial court, etc.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Cape of Good Hope.
Graaff-Reinet.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Cape of Good Hope.
Graaff-Reinet.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/GR
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
12 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Depot, vol II.