Charles Theodore Te Water

Charles Theodore Te Water (4 February 1887 – 6 June 1964) was a South African barrister, diplomat and politician who was appointed as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations.[1]

Charles Theodore Te Water
President of the Assembly of the League of Nations
In office 1933–1934
Preceded by	Paul Hymans
Succeeded by	Rickard Sandler
Personal details
Born	(1887-02-04)4 February 1887 Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province
Died	6 June 1964(1964-06-06) (aged 77) Cape Town

Biography

Born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, on 4 February 1887, the son of Dr Thomas Te Water, a South African doctor and politician, Charles Te Water was educated at Bedford School and at Christ's College, Cambridge.[2][3] He became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1910, and was a member of the Pretoria bar between 1910 and 1929. He represented Pretoria for the National Party in the Union Parliament between 1924 and 1929, and was High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London between 1929 and 1939. He was the Union of South Africa's delegate to the League of Nations between 1929 and 1939, and was appointed as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations between 1933 and 1934. He was Ambassador at large for South Africa between 1948 and 1949.[4] Te Water was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Wits University in 1955.[5]

Chancellor of the University of Pretoria between 1949 and 1964, Charles Te Water died in Cape Town on 6 June 1964, at the age of 77.[6]

References

1. Assembly Meeting Time Magazine retrieved 16 May 2008
2. Digby, Anne (2007). "Medicine, Race and the General Good: The Career of Thomas N G Te Water (1857–1926), South African Doctor and Medical Politician". Med Hist. 51 (1): 37–58. doi:10.1017/s0025727300000880. PMC 1712363. PMID 17200696.
3. Peile, John (25 September 2014). Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905. Cambridge University Press. p. 878. ISBN 978-1-107-42606-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. "te WATER, Charles Theodore". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Oxford University Press.
5. "Honorary Degrees". Wits University. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
6. Obituary, The Times, 9 June 1964

External links

• Portraits of Charles Theodore Te Water at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Paul Hymans	President of the League of Nations 1933–1934	Succeeded by Rickard Sandler
Academic offices
Preceded by Hendrik van der Bijl	Chancellor of the University of Pretoria 1949–1964	Succeeded by Hilgard Muller