Denis Gem Shepstone KStJ (7 February 1888 – 30 June 1966) was a South African politician.
Born in Durban, the grandson of Sir Theophilus Shepstone,[1] Shepstone studied law at Natal University College, obtaining the Natal Law Certificate in 1911.[2] 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.[3]
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.[1] In 1959 he was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of JerusalembyQueen Elizabeth II.[4] Also in 1959, he received an honorary LLD from the University of Natal.[5]
Denis Shepstone died on 30 June 1966, aged 78, in Pietermaritzburg.[6]
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