Daniel Thomas Tudor
Sir Daniel Thomas Tudor Kt. KC (1866 – November 30, 1928) was an English jurist and colonial public servant.
Early life and education
Born Daniel Thomas in Lampeter, South Wales.{{Cite news |date=1 Dec 1928 |title=Local obituaries: Sir Daniel Tudor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/786081415 |work=Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic |pages=7}} Thomas adopted the surname Tudor in July 1887.{{Cite book |last=Foster |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZ3LDwAAQBAJ&dq=Sir+Daniel+Thomas+Tudor&pg=PA496 |title=The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 |date=1889-01-01 |publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company |language=en}} He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1890{{Cite news |date=18 Nov 1890 |title=Calls to the Bar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/409647556 |work=The Standard |pages=3 |quote=Daniel Thomas Tudor, William Kendall, and Sydney Gower Woods, of the London University, were called to the Bar.}} and practiced law on the Western Circuit until 1903.
Career
Tudor's career then took him to the British West Indies, where he was appointed Attorney-General of Grenada and St. Vincent in 1908,{{Cite journal |date=21 April 1908 |title=Appointments |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28130/page/3032 |journal=The Gazette |location=London, England |issue=28130 |pages=3032}} a post he held until 1911.{{Cite journal |date=11 August 1911 |title=Appointments |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28521/page/5986 |journal=The Gazette |location=London, England |issue=28521 |pages=5986}} He also served at times as Acting Chief Justice and Acting Colonial Secretary for both territories.
In 1911, Tudor was appointed Commissioner to revise the laws of Grenada and also served as Legal Assistant to the Colonial Office in London. During World War I, Tudor served as President of the Discharged Soldiers' Commission.
From 1911 to 1922, he was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahama Islands.{{Cite journal |date=17 April 1917 |title=Knighthoods |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30022/page/3597 |journal=The London Gazette |issue=30022 |pages=3596–3597}}
Knighted in 1917, Tudor was appointed Chief Justice of Gibraltar in 1922.{{Cite journal |date=19 September 1922 |title=Appointments |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32748/page/6710 |journal=The London Gazette |issue=32748 |pages=6710}} While in that role, Tudor suffered a stroke, prompting his return to England in 1926. He settled in Reigate before moving to Cheltenham.
Death and legacy
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