Roger Evans Hall Explained

Sir Roger Evans Hall
Office:Chief Justice of the Protectorate of Uganda
Term Start:1935
Term End:1937
Successor:Sir Norman Whitley
Predecessor:Sir Sidney Abrahams
Office1:Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States
Predecessor1:Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas
Successor1:Kenneth Elliston Poyser
Termstart1:1938
Termend1:1939
Birth Date:16 April 1888
Death Date:6 February 1969 (aged 80)
Death Place:Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:New College, Oxford
Occupation:Barrister and senior colonial judge
Honorific Suffix:CBE

Sir Roger Evans Hall CBE (16 April 1888 – 6 February 1969) was a British barrister and colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States and the Protectorate of Uganda during the 1930s.

Early life and education

Hall was born on 16 April 1888. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1908.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Hall went to the Gold Coast where in turn he served as District Commissioner, 1910; Crown Counsel, 1914; Senior Crown Counsel, 1915; Circuit Judge Ashanti and Northern Territories of Gold Coast, 1918; and Puisne Judge, 1921.[4]

He served as Judge of the High Court, Northern Rhodesia in 1931, and was appointed Acting Governor, Northern Rhodesia in 1934. From 1935 to 1937, he served as Chief Justice of the Protectorate of Uganda, and from 1938 to 1939, he served as Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States.[5] He then went to Bermuda where he acted in various capacities, including from 1941 to 1945 in the High Court of Admiralty, Prize Court, and was awarded the CBE for public services in 1955.[6]

Personal life and death

Hall married Adelaide Trimingham in 1944.[7] He died in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda on 6 February 1969.[8] [9]

Honours

Hall was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1937 New Years Honours.[10] He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1955 Birthday Honours.[11]

References

  1. News: 17 June 1908 . Council Of Legal Education. . . 6.
  2. Book: Who was who, 1961-1970 : a companion to Who's who . 1979 . London : A. & C. Black . Internet Archive . 978-0-7136-2008-5 . 477.
  3. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference . 1963 . Burke's Peerage Limited . en.
  4. Book: Colonial Office List ...: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain . 1914 . Waterlow & sons limited . en.
  5. News: 5 February 1938 . New F.M.S. Chief Justice . Malaya Tribune . 12.
  6. Book: Beautiful Bermuda: The Bermuda Blue Book . 1947 . Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Company . en.
  7. News: 9 May 1944 . Marriages . . 1.
  8. News: 8 February 1969 . Pre-war Chief Justice of FMS dies in Bermuda . The Straits Times . 15.
  9. Web site: The Royal Gazette . 2024-09-09 . bnl.contentdm.oclc.org . en.
  10. Web site: Page 687 Supplement 34365, 29 January 1937 London Gazette The Gazette . 2024-09-09 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  11. Web site: Page 3281 Supplement 40497, 3 June 1955 London Gazette The Gazette . 2024-09-09 . www.thegazette.co.uk.