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Name: HUGGARD, Walter Clarence KC, Sir
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1884 Milltown, Kerry, Ireland
Death Date: 31 June 1957 Cape Town
First Date: 1926
Last Date: 1929
Profession: Attorney General, Kenya
Married: In Rathdrum, Ireland 1915 Kathleen Norah Wright b. 1892 Rathdown, Co. Dublin, d. 13 Mar 1974 Hermanus, Cape Province
Children: None
Book Reference: Golf, Debrett, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia
School: Methodist Coll., Belfast and at Dublin Univ.
General Information:
Debrett - Bar King's Inns Dublin 1907, and a KC 1921; was a Magistrate, Nigeria 1914-20, Solicitor-Gen. Trinidad 1920-22, Attorney-Gen. Trinidad 1922-26, Kenya 1926-29, and Straits Settlements 1929-33, and Ch. Justice of Straits Settlements 1933-36; retired 1936; Judge of High Courts of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland, and Legal Advisor to High Commr. for Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland 1937-48 (Acting High. Commr. 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946)
East Africa & Rhodesia - 27/6/57 - Sir Walter Huggard, QC. Who died a few days ago in South Africa, was Attorney-General in Kenya from 1926 to 1929, and then Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements. In 1937 he was made judge of the High Courts of Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland.
Gazette - 7/4/1926 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Attorney General - W.C. Huggard
His wife was Ladies' Champion Nairobi GC 1928. Lady Captain Muthaiga GC 1927. Ladies' Champion Muthaiga GC 1927
Assisted with the laying out of Muthaiga Golf Course in 1928.