Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl KC (27 January 1876 – 26 October 1955) was a South African judge and politician.
In June 1892 he enrolled at Victoria College, Stellenbosch and two years later he obtained seventh place in the first class in the Matriculation examination.
[1] Van Zyl obtained his LLB degree 1902, after which he returned to South Africa where he passed the final law examination at the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
[1] After South Africa became a union in 1910, Van Zyl began spending more time on his advocacy practice and in 1919 he took silk.
[3] Van Zyl was involved in various other cultural and community organisations and was the chairman of the Historical Monuments Commission from 1942 to 1954, the South African Public Library and from 1933 to 1950 he served as vice-chancellor of the University of Stellenbosch.