Bronze bust by H.H.Prince Birabongse modelled from photographs. presented jointly by Prince Birabongse and C.H.H.Chula Chakrabongse June 1953.
Jan Christiaan Smuts OM CH ED KC FRS PC (24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. He served in the First World War and as a British Field Marshal in the Second World War.
