Background
KOTZE, John Gilbert was born on November 5, 1849 in Leeuwenhof, Cape Town. Youngest son of Philisophy W. Kotze.
KOTZE, John Gilbert was born on November 5, 1849 in Leeuwenhof, Cape Town. Youngest son of Philisophy W. Kotze.
Studied at South African College, London University. Bachelor of Laws.
Called to the Bar; Inner Temple, 1874. Practised at Bar of Supreme Court, Cajje I own, and Eastern Districts Court, Grahamstown. Judge of High Court, Transvaal Province, 1877-1881.
Chief Justice of the South African Republic, 1881-1898.
Attorney-General Southern Rhodesia, 1900. Knight Grand Cross Order of the Immaculate Conception, Portugal. King’s Counsel 1902; Judge of Supreme Court of Cape Colony since 1903.
Spouse 1872, Mary Aurelia,daughter of late Daniel Bell.