Charles Stallard

QC DSO MC (4 June 1871 – 13 June 1971)^[1]

was a South African lawyer, soldier and politician.

Born in

City Imperial Volunteers and Paget's Horse.^[2] After the war he became an advocate in Johannesburg, from 1902; he was made King's Counsel in 1910.^[2]

During the First World War, he served on the staff of General Louis Botha in South West Africa (in 1914–15), later in Flanders (where he was wounded), and Italy.^[2] Stallard was thrice mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the DSO and MC.^[1]^[2]

Stallard's political career included being a member of the

Maritzburg District 1939–1948 when he retired.^[2] He was a member of the South African Party until 1934, when he declined to support the fusion with the National Party to form the United Party

.

Stallard was the leader of the Dominion Party of South Africa from 1933 until 1948.^[2] During the Second World War he was Minister of Mines in the cabinet of Jan Smuts.^[2]

Between 1937 and 1971 Stallard was Honorary Colonel of the

Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment

. He died on 13 June 1971, nine days after his 100th birthday.

References

^ ^a ^b "Charles Stallard obituary". The Times. 14 June 1971.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 8.

[TimesObit-1] "Charles Stallard obituary". The Times. 14 June 1971.

[MCreg-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 8.

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