Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl
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27 January 1876
Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl | |
|---|---|
| Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division | |
| In office 1935–1946 | |
| Preceded by | Fritz Gardiner |
| Succeeded by | Percy Twentyman-Jones |
| Judge of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court | |
| In office 1920–1935 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl 27 January 1876 Clanwilliam, Cape Colony |
| Died | 26 October 1955 (aged 79) Cape Town, Union of South Africa |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl KC (27 January 1876 – 26 October 1955) was a South African judge and politician.[1]
Van Zyl was born on the farm Hexrivier in the Clanwilliam district, the son and youngest child of Paulus Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl and his second wife Maria Christina Visser, for whom it was also a second marriage.[2] He first started school at the age of nine and made rapid progress. In June 1892 he enrolled at Victoria College, Stellenbosch and two years later he obtained seventh place in the first class in the Matriculation examination. He then earned a B.A. degree from the University of the Cape of Good Hope. To further his studies, he went to England in 1898 and entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he became involved in political debate and in 1901 was elected the president of the Cambridge Union.[1]