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Sir Roger Sewell Bacon, MBE (23 January 1895 – 17 February 1962) was a British judge who was Chief Justice of Gibraltar (1946–55) and a Justice of Appeal on the East African Court of Appeal (1955–57).

Early life and education

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Roger Sewell Bacon was born on 23 January 1895, the elder son of Sewell Bacon.[1] He was schooled at Rugby before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[2]

Career and honours

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Bacon had held a temporary commission in the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War. Called to the bar in 1923, he remained in law for the rest of his professional life. He was a Deputy Judge Advocate from 1940 to 1943 and a legal adviser to the War Office from then until 1946, when he became Chief Justice of Gibraltar. Having served in that post for nine years, he was appointed a Justice of Appeal on the East African Court of Appeal in 1955, serving until 1957.[2]

Bacon had been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1943, and was made a Knight Bachelor in 1958, the year after he retired from the East African Court of Appeal. He died aged 67 at London on 17 February 1962, leaving a widow, Catherine Grace, daughter of the Honourable James Connolly.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bacon, Sir Roger (Sewell)", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  • ^ a b c "Sir Roger Bacon", The Times (London) 19 February 1962, p. 15.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Sewell_Bacon&oldid=1099439109"

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