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[[Thomas Graham]] (1860–1940)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Graham_(barrister)] was a well-known South African judge and politician, and an amateur performer.
 
 
Also referred to as [[Tom Graham]] by D.C. Boonzaier (1923).
 
 
== Biography ==
 
 
Born [[Thomas Lynedoch Graham]] in Grahamstown 5 May 1860, he studied at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown and Clare College, Cambridge, and became a barrister in 1885, returning to South Africa in 1889, he became an advocate of the Supreme Court of Cape Colony and later becoming a judge and holding several political positions over the years.
 
 
A keen sportsman, excelling in tennis and cricket, winning the South African Doubles Lawn Tennis Championship in  1891 and representing the Western Province Cricket Club as a fast bowler. He was a participant in what is considered the first official cricket test between England and South Africa in 1888[]. 
 
 
He was knighted in the 1920 and passed away on 7 May 1940.
 
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
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