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Name: DRESCHFIELD, Ralph Leonard Emmanuel CMG, QC
Birth Date: 18.3.1911 Manchester
Death Date: 31.12.1991 Colchester
First Date: 1938
Profession: Attorney General, Uganda, 1951-1962
Area: Uganda
Married: No
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Kinloch, Who's Who, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Uganda Staff
War Service: Served with 4th Battn. (U) KAR 1939-44, Capt.
School: Merchiston Castle Sch. and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
General Information:
Kinloch - A forceful character; determined energetic and tough, but he also had a strong sentimental streak which made him the active champion of an assortment of charitable causes.
Colonial - Res. Magistrate Uganda 1938; Crown Counsel 1944; Solicitor-General 1949; Attorney-General 1951-63
East Africa & Rhodesia - 20/6/57 - CMG Uganda Staff 1938 - Senior Magistrate
Kinloch - 1952 - Uganda's Attorney General, a stocky, bald-headed, extrovert bachelor, with a shrewd legal brain.
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 624).