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Name: EDWARDS, David (Capt.), Sir

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Birth Date: 13 Feb 1892 Aberdeen

Death Date: 28 Feb 1966 Westminster

First Date: 1922

Profession: Cadet, Secretariat. Chief Justice, Uganda

Area: Kitui, 1925 Judicial Dept. Mombasa, 1930 Res. Magistrate's Court, Nakuru, Nairobi

Married: unmarried

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Debrett, Red 22, Dominion, Gazette

War Service: Military service 1915-20, RA, NW Frontier, GEA and Mesopotamia

School: Aberdeen University; Mem. of faculty of advocates (Scottish Bar), MA, LLB

General Information:

KAD 1922 - Administration Cadet, Kitui.
Colonial - Asst. DC 1921; Dep. registrar sup. ct. 1923; regisr. 1924; Res. Mag. 1928 relieving pres. dist. ct. Palestine 1935; Ch. Justice Uganda 1947
Dominion - Resident Magistrate 1930 - Capt. D. Edwards
Gazette 19/10/1921 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Cadet - 1/10/1921
Military: 1915-1918 • India and East Africa. 13 Feb 1915 enlistedTemp 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery. Served at home to Jun 1915; in Burma to Aug 1916; with Indian Mountain Artillery on NW Frontier to Aug 1917; with East African Expeditionary Force in German East and Portugese East Africa to Dec 1918. In India Dec 1918 - Oct 1919; in Mesopotamia to Feb 1920; Lieut., 1Jul 1917; Acting Captain, 15 May 1919. Demobd. 14 May 1920.

1936-47 Relieving President, District Court, Jerusalem; 1947-52 Chief Justice, Uganda. Knighted 1951 

 

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