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Steyn (MARTINUS THEUNIS a Boer)

MARTINUS THEUNIS, a Boer statesman; born in Winburg, Orange Free State, Oct. 2, 1857; worked on his father's farm till 1876, when he went to England England to study. He returned to Africa in 1882 and practised law in Bloemfontein till 1889, when he was made second puisne judge and state attorney. Later he became first puisne judge, and in 1896 was chosen president of Orange Free State. For a number of years before his election to the presidency he had been in communication with President Krüger and their close relations finally resulted in the union of the interests of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in their strugzines, he also wrote "The Fugitive Black-gle against Great Britain. When the smith" (1905); "Partners of Providence" (1907); "Essays on the Spot" (1910); "The Wrong Woman" (1912); "Finerty of the Sand-house" (1913); Boer War broke out he took the field in person with the Free State troops. When Great Britain in 1910 federated the Orange Free State and Transvaal as STEYN the Union of South Africa, Steyn subscribed to the constitution, but he was believed to favor the rebellion of 1915.

He died in 1916.