Saul Solomon (judge)
Saul Solomon | |
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| Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court | |
| In office 1927–1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1875 Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Died | 10 December 1960 (aged 85) St James, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrude Mary Thompson (1903–1904); Wilding Robertson (from 1910) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Profession | Advocate |
Hon. Saul Solomon QC (1875–1960), styled Mr Justice Solomon, was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa.
Biography
[edit]Solomon was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, on 9 April 1875. His mother was Georgiana Solomon who was a teacher and later a suffragette.[1] His father was Saul Solomon, the influential liberal politician of the Cape Colony. Saul Solomon was educated at Bedford School and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he was a scholar. His sister Daisy Solomon was also a suffragette, and 'posted' as a letter to the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in 1909.[2]
Solomon was called to the English Bar by Lincoln's Inn, in 1900, appointed as King's Counsel, in 1919, and as a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa, between 1927 and 1945.[3]
Mr Justice Solomon died in St James, Cape Town, on 10 December 1960.[4]
Family
[edit]Solomon married first at St. Saviour′s Church, Claremont, Cape Town, on 8 January 1903, to Gertrude Mary Thompson (d 1904), daughter of Canon and Mrs Thompson of Aldeburgh Vicarage, Suffolk.[5] His first wife died the following year, and in 1910 he married secondly to Wilding Robertson. They had two sons.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Elizabeth van Heyningen, "Solomon, Georgiana Margaret (1844–1933)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866–1928. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-43402-1.
- ^ a b "Who's Who".
- ^ Obituary, Cape Times, 16 December 1960
- ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36980. London. 17 January 1903. p. 1.
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