Patrick Duncan

Patrick Duncan

male, deceased (1943)
university of edinburgh, transvaal, civil service, anglo-boer war, privy council, boer…Governors-general ofSouthAfrica, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Union of South Africa, South African Party
Sir Patrick Duncan (1870-1943) was the sixth Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1937 to 1943. Born in Scotland in...

Lucas Cornelius Steyn

male
chief justice, international court of justice, Governors-general ofSouthAfrica, jansen, barrister, university of stellenbosch…Governor General of the Union of South Africa, South West Africa
Lucas Cornelius Steyn (1903-1976) was Chief Justice of South Africa and, as such, acted as Governor-General on two occasions. Born in 1903, he...

Ernest George Jansen

male, deceased (1959)
transvaal, speaker, university of south africa, Afrikaner, apartheid, boer…Governors-general ofSouthAfrica, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, University of the Cape of Good Hope
Ernest George Jansen (1881-1959) was the second-last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1950 to 1959. Born in 1881,...
Charles Robberts Swart

Charles Robberts Swart

male, deceased (1982)
South African, Apartheid government, anti-communist, jansen, National Party, boer…Governors-general ofSouthAfrica, republic of south africa, Union of South Africa, State President of South Africa, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Charles Robberts Swart(1894-1982) served as the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1960 to 1961 and the first State President...
Gideon Brand van Zyl

Gideon Brand van Zyl

male, deceased (1956)
World War I, cape town, speaker, anglo-boer war, privy council, Governors-general ofSouthAfrica…Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873-1956) was Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1945 to 1950. He was the first South African-born holder of...

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet

male
senator, South African, judge, Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Afrikaner, anglo-boer war…Governors-general ofSouthAfrica, Union of South Africa, Governor General of the Union of South Africa, South African Party, University of Cambridge
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1893-1960) was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945. Born in 1893, he obtained a...