Louis
Lezard
(1877-1960)
Positions Held
Chairman of the Diamond Fields Advertiser
Captain, 1914
Member of the Town Guard, 1899-1900
Member of the Kimberley Rifles, 1895-96
Biographical
His family moved to South Africa and settled in Kimberley. Louis became
an attorney in the Cape in 1898, and established a practice in Kimberley.
He founded the legal firm Lezard, Robins and Edmeades. He represented
the criminal Joseph Silver in 1900 who recently became a Jack the Ripper
suspect.
Place of birth and death: London
Sources
1. W. Raynham, 2016. The Lezards of Kimberley. Kimberley Calls... And Recalls.
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