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Name: McELWAINE, Percy Alexander, Sir

Birth Date: 21 Sept 1884 Roscommon

Death Date: 24 Oct 1969 Devon

First Date: 1923

Profession: Crown Counsel, Kenya appointed 1923; Senior Crown Counsel 1926; Atty.-Gen. Fiji 1927; Dep. Pub. Prosecutor Singapore 1930; Atty-Gen. S.S. 1933; Ch. Justice Straits Settlements 1936-46

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1. At Battersea 17 June1914 Evelyn Annie Forsaith MacNaught b. 1885 Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, d. 10 Nov 1918 Wandsworth, influenza 2. 1923 Margaret Marie Josephine Le Curieux Belmar b. 27 Feb 1892, d. 1976 Merton, Surrey

Children: David Erice; Ian Douglas (27 Aug 1925 Burma-2011)

Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Colonial

War Service: Temp. Lieut. Royal Irish Rifles, BEF 1916-19

School: Campbell College, Belfast and Trinity College Dublin; called to Irish Bar (King's Inn) 1908, Alberta Bar 1913

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