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Name: FEETHAM, Richard CMG (Hon. Mr Justice)
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1874 Penrhos, Monmouthshire
Death Date: 5 Nov 1965 Pietermaritzburg
First Date: 1927
Profession: Judge. 1927 imported by Governor Grigg as Local Government adviser at a salary of £3500 a year
Married: In Ladysmith, S. Africa 29 Sep 1920 Leila Ann Florence Christopher b. 20 Nov 1892 Ladysmith, S. Africa
Children: Anne M. (1923); Mary E. (1925); Richard (1928)
Book Reference: Oscar, Debrett, Nicholls
School: Marlborough and New College, Oxford
General Information:
Debrett - Bar Inner Temple 1899, and a KC, Transvaal 1919; Lieut 1st Battn. Cape Corps 1916-19; was Town Clerk of Johannesburg 1903-5; Legal Adviser to High Commr. for S. Africa 1907-10 and 1912-23, a MLC of Transvaal 1907-10, a Member of House of Assembly, Union of S. Africa 1915-23, a Puisne Judge of Transvaal 1923-30, Judge Pres. of Natal 1930-39, and Judge of Appeal 1939-44; Chm. of one of Committees on Indian Reform 1918, of Irish Boundary Commn. 1924-25, of Commission to enquire into Local Govt. in Kenya 1927, of Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure Act Commn. 1932-35, and Vice Chancellor of Witwatersrand Univ. Johannesburg 1938-48, since when Chancellor