John Wessels
The Right Honourable Sir John Wessels | |
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Chief Justice of South Africa | |
In office 1932–1936 | |
Preceded by | Jacob de Villiers |
Succeeded by | John Curlewis |
Judge of the Appellate Division | |
In office 1923–1936 | |
Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division | |
In office 1920–1923 | |
Judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court and Transvaal Provincial Division | |
In office 1902–1923 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
1862 Cape Town |
Died | 1936 |
Nationality | South African |
Alma mater |
South African College Cape University Downing College, Cambridge |
Profession | Barrister |
Sir Johannes (John) Wilhelmus Wessels (1862–1936) was a judge of the Appellate Division from 1923 to 1936 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936.[1]
Career
After the end of the Second Boer War, the government of the newly created British Colony of Transvaal established a Supreme Court of Transvaal in April 1902. The governor, Lord Milner, appointed Wessels as one of three puisne judges, with Sir James Rose Innes as Chief Justice.[2] On the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, he became a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division.
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