Lucas Cornelius Steyn

Biography:

Lucas Cornelius Steyn was Chief Justice of South Africa and as such acted as Governor-General on two occasions. Born in 1903 he graduated with law degrees from the University of Stellenbosch in 1926 was admitted as an advocate in 1928 and obtained a doctorate in law in 1929. He was Attorney-General of South West Africa which was then under South African administration from 1931 to 1933 and worked in the Department of Justice from 1933 to 1944.