Johannes Andreas Truter, also known as Sir John Truter (11 October 1763 - 5 June 1845), was the judicial officer of the
Cape Colony and president of the Court of Justice at the
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...
. He was also a
South African Freemason and member of the
Grand Orient of the Netherlands in South Africa.
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Afrikaner people
1763 births
1845 deaths
Cape Colony judges
19th-century South African judges
Leiden University alumni
South African Freemasons
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