Henry Allan Fagan

The Honourable Henry Allan Fagan QC
11th Chief Justice of South Africa
In office 1957–1959
Appointed by	J. G. Strydom
Preceded by	Albert van der Sandt Centlivres
Succeeded by	L. C. Steyn
Judge of the Appellate Division
In office 1950–1959
Appointed by	D. F. Malan
Judge of the Cape Provincial Division
In office 1943–1950
Appointed by	Jan Smuts
Minister of Native Affairs
In office June 1938 – September 1939
Prime Minister	J. B. M. Hertzog
Preceded by	Piet W. Grobler
Succeeded by	Deneys Reitz
Member of the South African Parliament
In office 1933–1943
Constituency	Swellendam Stellenbosch
Personal details
Born	4 April 1889 Tulbagh, Cape Colony
Died	6 December 1963(1963-12-06) (aged 74) Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Children	Hannes Fagan, Gawie Fagan
Alma mater	Victoria College, Stellenbosch University of London
Profession	Barrister

Henry Allan Fagan, QC (4 April 1889 – 6 December 1963) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959 and previously a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Native Affairs in J. B. M. Hertzog's government.^[1][2] Fagan had been an early supporter of the Afrikaans language movement and a noted Afrikaans playwright and novelist.^[2][3] Though he was a significant figure in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and a long-term member of the Broederbond, he later became an important opponent of Hendrik Verwoerd's National Party and is best known for the report of the Fagan Commission, whose relatively liberal approach to racial integration amounted to the Smuts government's last, doomed stand against the policy of apartheid.^[1][3]