Jack Watermeyer
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Preceded byHelm van Zijl
Succeeded byGeorge Munnik
BornHenry Ernest Peter Watermeyer
3 July 1911
3 July 1911
Died21 October 2003 (aged 92)
Jack Watermeyer | |
|---|---|
| Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division | |
| In office 1979–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Helm van Zijl |
| Succeeded by | George Munnik |
| Judge of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1955–1979 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Ernest Peter Watermeyer 3 July 1911 |
| Died | 21 October 2003 (aged 92) |
| Relations | Ernest Frederick Watermeyer (father) |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Advocate |
Henry Ernest Peter "Jack" Watermeyer QC (3 July 1911 – 21 October 2003) was a South African judge and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court from 1979 until 1981.
Watermeyer was born in Wynberg, Cape Town, the son of was the former Chief Justice of South Africa, Ernest Frederick Watermeyer and his wife, Petronella Hester Wege.[1] He was educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School and Bishops and after school he studied law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he obtain a B.A. degree and he passed the Law Tripos.[2]