Arthur Weir Mason

The Honourable Sir Arthur Weir Mason
Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
In office 1923–1924
Preceded by	Sir John Wessels
Succeeded by	John Stephen Curlewis
Judge of the Transvaal High Court
In office 1902–1923
Judge of the Natal Supreme Court
In office 1896–1902
Personal details
Born	(1860-08-02)2 August 1860 Palmerton, Pondoland, Cape Colony
Died	8 June 1924(1924-06-08) (aged 63) Pretoria, Union of South Africa
Alma mater	University of London
Profession	Attorney, Advocate

Sir Arthur Weir Mason (2 August 1860 – 8 June 1924) was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.^[1]

Mason was born in Pondoland, a rural area in the eastern part of the Cape Colony, but spent his early life in Durban and was sent to England to receive his schooling in Bath and Eastbourne.^[1] He later attended the University of London and in 1879 obtained the BA degree with honours in Classics and German.^[2]

In 1880, Mason returned to Natal, where he qualified as an attorney and in 1884 he was admitted as an advocate. He mainly practised in Pietermaritzburg and in January 1896 became a puisne judge of the Natal Supreme Court. On several occasions he acted for Sir Michael Gallwey as chief justice of Natal. After the Second Boer War he was appointed a judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court.^[1] In 1922 he was knighted and from 13 March 1923 to the time of his death, he was Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court.^[3]

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