during the Anglo-Boer War. His second wife was Jakomina du Toit. He died in 1960. His son by his first marriage, Dr. Quartus de Wet, was also a judge, and presided over the 1963 Rivonia Treason Trial of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists. References Dictionary of South African Biography Volume IV |- 1873 births 1960 deaths People from Walter Sisulu Local Municipality Cape Colony people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African Party (Union of South Africa) politicians Governors-General of South Africa Justice ministers of South Africa Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa) Members of the Senate of South Africa Chief justices of South Africa South African members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom South African Queen's Counsel Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge