Samuel Woolf Magnus
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Samuel Woolf Magnus (30 September 1910 – 28 February 1992), was a judge and politician in both Britain and Zambia.
He was the son of Samuel Woolf Magnus. He was educated at University College, London where he received a BA Honors in 1931. He married, in 1938, Anna Gertrude Shane. They had one daughter.
Professional career
Called to Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1937. Served War of 1939–45, Army. Practised in London, 1937–59; partner in legal firm, Northern Rhodesia, 1959–63; subseq. legal consultant. QC 1964, MLC 1962, Puisne Judge, High Court for Zambia, 1968. FCIArb 1987. He was Justice of Appeal, at the Court of Appeal for Zambia in 1971. He was Commissioner, of the Foreign Compensation Commission from 1977–83.[1]
