Saul Solomon (judge)

Hon. Saul Solomon QC (1875-1960), styled Mr Justice Solomon, was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Biography

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 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]

References
  1. Elizabeth van Heyningen, "Solomon , Georgiana Margaret (1844–1933)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006. Accessed 17 November 2017.
  2. Crawford, Elizabeth (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-43402-1.
  3. "Who's Who".
  4. Obituary, Cape Times, 16 December 1960


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