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After receiving his initial education in Cape
Town, Brand attended the University of Leiden in
1815, where he obtained a doctorate in law in 1820
with a dissertation on the relationship that
colonies have to the mother country.
Brand returned to South Africa and in 1821 where
he established a law practice in Cape Town taking an
active interest in politics.
He was one of the founders of the
Zuid-Afrikaansch Athenaeum in 1828, and was one of
the first advocates in the Supreme Court in 1829.
A founder member of the newspaper De
Zuid-Afrikaan, Brand was also its editor and
championed the Dutch language in his editorials.
Together with John Fairbairn, he campaigned for
representative government and supported the
Anti-Convict Movement.
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With F.W. Reitz (father of Francis
William Reitz the Orange Free State
President), Fairbairn and Stockenström, he
agitated for an elected Legislative
Assembly.
When representative government for white
settlers was finally introduced, Brand
became the first Speaker of the House of
Assembly - a position he held for 20 years.
He was knighted in 1860.
Christoffel Brand was married to
Catharina Fredrica Brand (nee Küchler),
after whom the new town of
Ladybrand in the
Free
State was named. Their son, Johannes
Brand, became the fourth President of the
Orange Free State.
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