Sir Malcolm William Searle QC (7 December 1855 – 9 June 1926) was a South African jurist and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court.

[2] After obtaining his BA degree in 1875, he went to England and continued his studies at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

In 1893 he became Queen's Counsel and was also appointed legal adviser to the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, a position he held until 1900.

He became Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division in 1922 and held this post until his sudden death 1926.

[3] In the field of education, Searle was a member of the council of the University of the Cape of Good Hope, and its vice-chancellor from 1916 until 1918.