Marthinus Prinsloo
Marthinus Prinsloo | |
|---|---|
| Commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1838 Graaff-Reinet district, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Died | 31 January 1903 (aged 64) Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa |
| Nationality | Afrikaner |
| Spouse | Elsie Petronella Jacoba Botha |
| Profession | Farmer, Boer general, politician, judge |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Orange Free State |
| Years of service | 1867–1902 |
| Commands | Winburg Kommando, Orange Free State commander-in-chief |
| Battles/wars | Free State–Basotho Wars, Second Boer War |
Marthinus Prinsloo (1838 - 1903) was an Orange Free State Boer farmer, politician and general in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). He was born of Nicolaas Frans Prinsloo (1813 - 1890) and Isabella Johanna Petronella Rautenbach (1819-around 1908) in the district of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa who migrated to the Orange Free State where they lived in Bloemfontein, Waterval and Bethlehem. Marthinus Prinsloo was the eldest brother of Orange Free State assistant chief commander Antonie Michael Prinsloo (1862 - 1931).