William Philip Schreiner Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for William Philip Schreiner, based on 3 World History Database records associated with South Africa.

3 records1893–19003 events0 places

Chronological biography

1893

Attorney General1893

Government / Government of South Africa · Attorney General

Appointed Attorney General in the Rhodes cabinet

1898

Prime Minister of South Africa1898

Government / Government of South Africa · Prime Minister of South Africa

Appointed Prime Minister in a cabinet that included John X. Merriman and Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

1900

Resignation of William Philip SchreinerJune 1900

Government / Government of South Africa · Prime Minister of South Africa

Favoured negotiation rather than hostilities, to the chagrin of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, who was actively fomenting war, his stance led his to his forced resignation from the premiership and Parliament

Titles and roles

Attorney General · Prime Minister of South Africa

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.