John Gilbert Kotzé
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Sir John Gilbert Kotzé (5 November 1849 - 1 April 1940). Born in Cape Town, educated there at Tot Nut van het Algemeen and the South African College.
Became barrister of the Inner Temple and practiced in Cape Town and Grahamstown 1874-76. Appointed judge of the High Court of the Transvaal in 1877, becoming Chief Justice in 1881. He was dismissed in 1898 by President Kruger as a result of his judgement in the case of Brown v. Leyds. He resumed legal practice in Pretoria.
Became Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia in 1900. Appointed judge of the Eastern Districts Court of the Cape Colony in 1903, becoming Judge-President in 1904. Appointed judge of the Supreme Court of the Cape in 1913, becoming Judge-President in 1920. Judge of Appeal from 1922, retiring in 1927.
Knighted in 1917.
