Christian Maasdorp
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Preceded byNew position
Succeeded bySir Henry Juta
BornChristian George Maasdorp
11 June 1848
11 June 1848
Died21 May 1926 (aged 77)
Grahamstown, Union of South Africa
Christian Maasdorp | |
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| Judge of the Appellate Division of South Africa | |
| In office 1915–1922 | |
| Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division | |
| In office 1910–1914 | |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Juta |
| Judge of the Cape Supreme Court | |
| In office 1896–1910 | |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of the Eastern Districts | |
| In office 1885–1895 | |
| Attorney General of the Transvaal Colony | |
| In office 1877–1880 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christian George Maasdorp 11 June 1848 |
| Died | 21 May 1926 (aged 77) Grahamstown, Union of South Africa |
| Relations | Sir Andries Maasdorp (brother) |
Christian George Maasdorp (11 June 1848 – 21 May 1926) was a South African jurist and Judge of Appeal.[1]
Maasdorp was the son of Gysbert Henry Maasdorp, a medical doctor, and his wife, Anna Maria Hartzenberg and the younger brother of Justice Andries Maasdorp.[2] He received his basic education at Graaff-Reinet and obtained both the Second-Class and First-Class Certificates in Literature and Science of the Council of Examiners, later to be known as the University of the Cape of Good Hope. He then continued his studies in London, where he obtained the BA degree in 1869. Thereafter he became a member of the Inner Temple, where he was a fellow student of John Gilbert Kotzé.[3]
