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About Denis Gem Shepstone
- Denis Gem Shepstone KStJ (7 February 1888 – 30 June 1966) was a South African politician. Born in Durban, the grandson of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Shepstone studied law at Natal University College, obtaining the Natal Law Certificate in 1911.
- Shepstone served as Administrator of Natal Province from February 1948 to May 1958.
- He was appointed the first Chancellor of the University of Natal in 1949, a position he held until his death.He was a member of the Senate of the Union of South Africa and a South African delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- In 1959 he was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem by Queen Elizabeth II.
- Also in 1959, he received an honorary LLD from the University of Natal.Denis Shepstone died on 30 June 1966, aged 78, in Pietermaritzburg.
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