Saul Solomon (judge)

Hon. Saul Solomon QC (1875–1960), styled Mr Justice Solomon, was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa.

The Honourable Saul Solomon QC
Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court
In office 1927–1945
Personal details
Born	(1875-04-09)9 April 1875 Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died	10 December 1960(1960-12-10) (aged 85) St James, Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Spouse(s)	Gertrude Mary Thompson (1903–1904); Wilding Robertson (from 1910)
Children	2
Parents	Saul Solomon (father) Georgiana Solomon (mother)
Alma mater	Lincoln College, Oxford
Profession	Advocate

Biography

Solomon was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, on 9 April 1875. His mother was Georgiana Solomon who was a teacher and later a suffragette.^[1] His father was Saul Solomon, the influential liberal politician of the Cape Colony. Saul Solomon was educated at Bedford School and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he was a scholar. His sister Daisy Solomon was also a suffragette, and 'posted' as a letter to the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in 1909.^[2]

Solomon was called to the English Bar by Lincoln's Inn, in 1900, appointed as King's Counsel, in 1919, and as a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa, between 1927 and 1945.^[3]

Mr Justice Solomon died in St James, Cape Town, on 10 December 1960.^[4]

Family

Solomon married first at St. Saviour′s Church, Claremont, Cape Town, on 8 January 1903, to Gertrude Mary Thompson (d 1904), daughter of Canon and Mrs Thompson of Aldeburgh Vicarage, Suffolk.^[5] His first wife died the following year, and in 1910 he married secondly to Wilding Robertson. They had two sons.^[3]