Philip Botha
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Philip Rudolf Botha | |
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,_Boer_War_general.jpg) Philip Rudolph Botha (1851-1901) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1851 |
| Died | March 6, 1901 (aged 49) |
| Spouse(s) | Magdalena Maria Wessels (Pietermaritzburg, circa October 1854 – buried Vrede, Orange Free State, March 1930 [3] |
| Parent(s) | Louis Botha and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen |
| Occupation | Boer war general |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Orange Free State |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War: –Battle of Poplar Grove 7 March 1900, Fredericksdale 3 January 1901 and others. |
Philip Rudolph Botha (30 June 1851 – 6 March 1901) was a Second Boer War general, like his younger brothers Louis (1862-1919), Christiaan (1864–1902) and Theunis Jacobus (1867–1930).[1][2]
Philip was the eldest son among seven sons and eight daughters born to Louis Botha Senior (Somerset East, Eastern Cape, 26 March 1827 – Harrismith, Orange Free State, 5 July 1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (Somerset East, 31 March 1829 – Harrismith, 9 January 1886).[2] He migrated with his parents from Natal Colony to Vrede in the Orange Free State. Botha married Magdalena Maria Wessels and had at least four daughters and five sons by her, including the later general "Manie" Botha (Hermanus Nicolaas Wilhelm, 1877-1950),[3][4][5] who fought in the Second Boer War, the First World War - for the Union of South Africa against the Germans in the South West Africa campaign (1914-1915) - and the Second World War.[6]
