Christian Frederick Beyers

Christiaan Frederik Beyers (23 September 1869 – 8 December 1914) was a Boer attorney, politician and general during the Second Boer War and one of the leaders of the pro-German Maritz rebellion (1914 – 1915) against the government of the Union of South Africa.

Biography Beyers was born on his family farm Banhoek near Stellenbosch, Cape Colony.

Beyers had gained much prestige as a soldier and a statesman among the Afrikaners, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the Transvaal Boers, though with slightly less standing than generals Botha and Smuts. In Beyers' pocket were found his prayer book “Worship God” written by the Reverend Andrew Murray, spectacles, cartridges for his Boer War Mauser pistol, and an important document on the rebellion. As the government did not allow Beyers' funeral in Pretoria, he was quietly buried in Makwassie. and Rebellie - Sketse uit mij dagboek, 1914-1915, 1918.