Abt 1832 - 1886 (54 years)
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Family |
Bethia |
Children |
+ | 1. Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
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Family |
John Templeton |
Children |
+ | 1. Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
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- Bef 1886
Died |
Bef 1886 |
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Father |
Henry Calderwood, b. Abt 1808, Peebles, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth, - wife of Henry Calderwood |
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Family |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Married |
1862 |
Children |
| 1. Henry John Templeton, b. Bef 1865 |
| 2. Bethia Elizabeth Templeton, b. Bef 1865 |
| 3. Robert Templeton, b. Aft 1865 |
| 4. Mary Jane Templeton, b. Aft 1865 |
| 5. Jessie Isabella Templeton, b. Aft 1865 |
| 6. Minnie Templeton, b. Aft 1865 |
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Bef 1865 -
Birth |
Bef 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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Bef 1865 -
Birth |
Bef 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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Aft 1865 -
Birth |
Aft 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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Aft 1865 -
Birth |
Aft 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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Aft 1865 -
Birth |
Aft 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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Aft 1865 -
Birth |
Aft 1865 |
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Father |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Mother |
Mary Elizabeth Calderwood |
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1844 - 1941 (97 years)
Birth |
17 Jul 1844 |
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Died |
13 Oct 1941 |
Bournemouth, Hampshire, England |
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Father |
George Alfred Wood, 1820 Settler, b. 1 May 1805, Camberwell, London, England |
Mother |
Susannah Garbett, 1820 Settler, b. 3 Aug 1809, London, England |
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Family 1 |
George William Impey, b. 27 Dec 1842, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Married |
13 Jun 1870 |
Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Children |
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Family 2 |
Robert Templeton, b. Abt 1832, Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Married |
13 Jan 1886 |
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Family 3 |
George Peacock |
Married |
14 Feb 1888 |
Wesleyan Chapel, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Name |
Robert Templeton |
Birth |
Abt 1832 |
Kilmarnock, Scotland [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
18 Jan 1886 |
Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa [1, 2] |
Burial |
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Person ID |
I28116 |
master |
Last Modified |
9 Jul 2019 |
Family 2 |
Lydia Roberts Wood, b. 17 Jul 1844, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 13 Oct 1941, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (Age 97 years) |
Marriage |
13 Jan 1886 |
Family ID |
F10197 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Last Modified |
6 Jul 2019 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - Abt 1832 - Kilmarnock, Scotland |
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| Death - 18 Jan 1886 - Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Burial - - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Notes |
- Great achievers educated at a small East Cape village school
by Jane McSporran
In 1856 a remarkable educator, Robert TEMPLETON, emigrated to the Cape Colony from Scotland, having obtained an M.A. with honours at Glasgow University. He taught at Lovedale College until 1864, marrying Mary Elizabeth CALDERWOOD in 1862. He became a Presbyterian minister and taught in Uitenhage before becoming principal of the small East Cape village of Bedford's public school, which was later named after him. Bedford is still a tiny village and the Templeton High School is still there. In 1873 he became headmaster of the Grahamstown boys' public school, many of his pupils following him.
Under his capable administration the school expanded rapidly, the roll increasing from seventy to 200, matriculation classes being instituted and provision being made for the intermediate B.A. examination. Ten years after the death of his first wife, Templeton married the widow of George William IMPEY in January 1886. Losing his way a week later, while walking with his wife in the Addo bush, he collapsed and died of heart failure. He was buried in the Grahamstown cemetery.
TEMPLETON was an outstanding teacher who had a great reputation as a headmaster and made a significant contribution to education in the Cape Colony. During the period of a little less than ten years that he was headmaster at the Templeton High school, no less than eight men and women, prominent in the annals of South Africa, received education there. Two of his pupils became Chief Justices of South Africa - Sir James ROSE-INNES and Sir William SOLOMON. William SOLOMON's two brothers were also knighted, Sir Edward SOLOMON becoming a leading lawyer and politician in the Transvaal, and Sir Richard SOLOMON, a leader of the Bar, was Attorney-General at the Cape and Union High Commissioner in London. Their sister Emillie became a leader of the cause of women and a well-known temperance advocate. Two others became leaders of the Bar, J.W. LEONARD in Johannesburg and William Otto DANCKWERTS in London. There was also W.P SCHREINER, who became Prime Minister at the Cape and later South African High Commissioner in London.
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