Carl Aarvold

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sir Carl Aarvold

| image = Cd aarvold.jpg

| caption = Aarvold during a British and Irish Lions
tour on Argentina, 1927

| birth_name = Carl Douglas Aarvold

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1907|06|07}}

| birth_place = Hartlepool, County Durham, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|3|17|1907|06|07|df=yes}}

| death_place = Westhumble, Surrey, England

| education = Durham School

| alma_mater = Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| office = Recorder of London

| honorific_prefix = His Honour

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|TD}}

| termstart = 1964

| termend = 1975

| predecessor = Sir Anthony Hawke

| successor = Sir James Miskin

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| ru_position = Centre

| repyears1 = 1928-1933 | repteam1 = England | repcaps1 = 16 | reppoints1 = 12

| repyears2 = 1927-1930 | repteam2 = British Isles | repcaps2 = 5 | reppoints2 = 9

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Cambridge

| years2 = | clubs2 = Headingley

| years3 = | clubs3 = Blackheath F.C.Steve Lewis, One among Equals, pp. 278, 2008 (Vertical Editions:London).

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Sir Carl Douglas Aarvold {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|TD}} (7 June 1907 – 17 March 1991) was an English barrister who became Recorder of London. Among other cases, he presided at the 1965 trial of the Kray twins. In his earlier days, he was also an England rugby union international player{{Cite web |url=http://www.cu-sparrows.org.uk/news1993.htm |title=Cambridge University Fives Club |access-date=18 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427024451/http://www.cu-sparrows.org.uk/news1993.htm |archive-date=27 April 2006 |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Born in Hartlepool, he was educated at Durham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge{{Cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_help.htm|title=World War II unit histories & officers|work=unithistories.com/|access-date=18 August 2010|quote=Aarvold, (His Honour Sir) Carl Douglas ... Education: Durham School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Hon. Fellow, 1976).}} and from 1928 until 1933 played rugby 16 times for his country, captaining the side six times.Centenary History of the Rugby Football Union:McWhirter, R/Titley, U.A: London, RFU,1970 {{ISBN|0-14-327370-1}} He was called to the bar in 1932.The Times, 27 October 1932; p. 4; Issue 46275; col E "Bar Examinations Michaelmas Results" Two years later he married Noeline Hill at St George's, Hanover Square, and the marriage yielded three sons.Who Was Who, 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}

His professional career was interrupted by World War II during which he served in the Royal Artillery and reached the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945 for his war service and also received the Territorial Decoration

Embarking on a legal career, he was by 1951 the Recorder of PontefractThe Times, 6 April 1951; p. 6; Issue 51968; col D "Recorder Of Pontefract" and then Judge of the Lord Mayor's and City of London CourtThe Times, Wednesday, 31 March 1954; p. 5; Issue 52894; col B "Mr. C. D. Aarvold Category: Official Appointments and Notices - Additional Judge of Mayor's and City of London Court" (later Common SerjeantThe Times, 11 November 1959; p. 12; Issue 54615; col F "Appointment Of City Common Serjeant"). By now Master of the Inner Temple he succeeded Edward Anthony Hawke to be Recorder of London, the Senior Judge at The Old Bailey in 1964, and was knighted in 1968. A long-serving president of the Lawn Tennis Association, he died on 17 March 1991; his wife died in 2005.

In 1966, he received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria.{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page=213 | access-date = 18 October 2012}}