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him from his will unless he returned to South Africa immediately, so he, Dr. Jonas, might

approve of his fiancé. This happened, but it appears that thereafter the romance ended.

In 1898 Michiel served on the Claremont Municipality and later held office of Mayor for two
years.

His uncle’s will included an entail that he, Michiel, could never sell or bequeath any inherited

property to anyone other than a direct descendent. As a result of this entail, when Michiel died

on 11 September 1927, there were certain delays in the winding up and distribution of his estate.

S. A. Breweries Ltd.

The Calder family who ran the Kings Hotel from 1909 to1960, were either unwilling or unable to

secure the property. The property went to the highest bidder which was the S. A. Breweries
Limited at a price of £25,500. They acquired the 4 erven on the site of the Kings Hotel on 22

September 1928 (D.T. 9891.)

Alex Calder and the Kings Hotel

Alexander Calder was the first of the Calder family whose association with the Kings Hotel

lasted some 52 years (1909-1960.) He was born in Castletown Olvig in the County of Caithness
in Scotland in 1863. He emigrated to South Africa in the early 1880s and married Ellen Roberts

in the Baptist Church Cape Town on 17 January 1884 at the tender age of twenty-one. They lived
in Wynberg.

In 1894 he and Henry Daniel entered into partnership with T. E. Askew, a Claremont forage
merchant, and they soon became not only the prime retailers for a large number of cart, carriage

and riding-horses in the district, but also the chief suppliers of wood, oil and coal to the well-to-

do householders of Wynberg.

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