Sir Harry Herbert Trusted QC (27 June 1888 – 8 December 1985) was a British colonial Attorney-General and Chief Justice.[2]
Sir Harry Herbert Trusted | |
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| Attorney General of the Leeward Islands | |
| In office 1927–1929 | |
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| Born | 27 June 1888 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 8 December 1985 (aged 97) Surrey, England |
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| Relatives | Sir Marshall Warmington (Father-in-law)[1] |
| Alma mater | Ellesmere College Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Attorney-General |
Education
editTrusted was educated at Ellesmere College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He studied law at the Inner Temple, but joined the Middle Temple on 31 January 1911, withdrawing Middle Temple in 1913.[3]
Career
editTrusted was called to the bar in 1911 at Inner Temple and served overseas in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry during the First World War (1914–1918).[4]
In 1925 he was appointed a Puisne Judge in the Leeward Islands Supreme Court, becoming Attorney-General in 1927. In 1929 he was transferred to be Attorney-General of Cyprus.[4]
From 1932 to 1936 he served as Attorney-General of the British Mandate for Palestine, then replaced Michael McDonnell as Chief Justice in 1936.[5] As Chief Justice he is remembered for granting additional powers to the Bedouin Tribal Courts on condition they abandoned the practice of ordeal by fire (Bish'a).[6]
In 1941 he moved to be Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States, which lasted until 1946. For much of that time he was a Prisoner of War of the invading Japanese army.[7]
In 1948 he chaired a Commission of Inquiry into the anti-Jewish riots in the British Protectorate of Aden.[8]
Personal life
editTrusted was born in Birmingham, the only son of the Rev. Wilson Trusted of Salisbury in 1888.[1]
He had married Mary Warmington, daughter of Sir Marshall Warmington, 1st Baronet.[1] They had 2 sons and 3 daughters. His son John Marshall Trusted died at 21.[4]
Honour
editTrusted was knighted in 1938.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Trusted, Sir Harry Herbert. ukwhoswho. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U169900. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Harry Trusted". The Times. 11 December 1985. p. 16.
- ^ Sturgess, H.A.C. (1949). Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.: Temple Bar. Volume III, p.799
- ^ a b c "Men and Woman of our time, 1935". Mocavo. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "H.h. Trusted Named Chief Justice of Palestine". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 27 October 1936. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ Likhovski, Assaf. Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine. p. 41.
- ^ "HIGH BRITISH OFFICERS ARRIVE IN CHUNGKING FROM JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS, CHINA, 28 AUGUST 1945". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Britain to Launch Inquiry into Massacre of Jews in Aden; Sends Special Commission". JTA. 20 February 1948. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "No. 34486". The London Gazette. 22 February 1938. p. 1163.