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Wet, Christiaan Rudolf de 1854-1922
Boer soldier and politician

A celebrated big game hunter, he gave distinguished service in the First Boer War in the Transvaal (1880-81), and in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). He wrote a book on the war, and in 1907 he became Minister of Agriculture of the Orange River Colony. In 1914 he joined the Afrikaner insurrection, but was captured in the field. Sentenced to six years' imprisonment, he was released in 1915.