Newton Ogilvie Thompson

Newton Ogilvie Thompson (27 May 1904 to 1 July 1992)^[1] was Chief Justice of South Africa 1971–1974^[2]

Thompson was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown^[3] and later at the University of Cape Town where obtained a B.A and LL.B. (with distinction).

He practised as a lawyer in Cape Town from 1926 and became an advocate in 1944 and was elevated to the bench in 1949. He became a judge of appeal in 1958 and served as Chief Justice from 1971 to 1974.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Rhodes University in 1972.^[4]

He died in Kenilworth, Cape Town in 1992.

Notes and references

1. "Hoofregter Ogilvie Thompson oorlede". Beeld Newspaper (in Afrikaans). 2 July 1992. p. 4. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
2. Poland 2008, p. 117.
3. Zimmerman, & Visser 1996, p. 135.
4. Gary; Nimo; Phumzile. "Honorary Doctorates". Rhodes University. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

• Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.
• Zimmermann, Reinhard; Visser, D. P. (1996). Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-826087-5.