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.

Sir Roger Evans Hall
Chief Justice of the Protectorate of Uganda
In office
1935–1937
Preceded bySir Sidney Abrahams
Succeeded bySir Norman Whitley
Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States
In office
1938–1939
Preceded bySir Samuel Joyce Thomas
Succeeded byKenneth Elliston Poyser
Personal details
Born16 April 1888
Died6 February 1969 (aged 80)
Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
NationalityBritish
Alma materNew College, Oxford
OccupationBarrister and senior colonial judge

Early life and education

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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

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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.[2][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.[3][2][6]

Personal life and death

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

Honours

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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

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  1. ^ "Council Of Legal Education". The Times. 17 June 1908. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c Who was who, 1961-1970 : a companion to Who's who. Internet Archive. London : A. & C. Black. 1979. p. 477. ISBN 978-0-7136-2008-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1963.
  4. ^ Colonial Office List ...: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain. Waterlow & sons limited. 1914.
  5. ^ "New F.M.S. Chief Justice". Malaya Tribune. 5 February 1938. p. 12.
  6. ^ Beautiful Bermuda: The Bermuda Blue Book. Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Company. 1947.
  7. ^ "Marriages". The Times. 9 May 1944. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Pre-war Chief Justice of FMS dies in Bermuda". The Straits Times. 8 February 1969. p. 15.
  9. ^ "The Royal Gazette". bnl.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  10. ^ "Page 687 | Supplement 34365, 29 January 1937 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  11. ^ "Page 3281 | Supplement 40497, 3 June 1955 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-09.