Frederick Gentle

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Sir Frederick William Gentle (12 July 1892 – 24 February 1966) was a British judge. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1912 and 1915, in 1951 he was also made an Honorary Fellow of the college.{{cite web | url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/page-242 | title=Eminent alumni | Queens' College }} He was Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces and was knighted in 1947. He was the last of the English Chief Justices of India's Madras High Court (1947–1948).{{cite news|last1=Narasimhachari|first1=K.|title=Chief Justice of Madras|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gY1lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1427%2C1607565|accessdate=17 February 2018|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=6 March 1966|page=4}} He was the son of Sir William Gentle.

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  • 'GENTLE, Sir Frederick (William)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U53456, accessed 20 April 2012]

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Category:1892 births

Category:1966 deaths

Category:British India judges

Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge

Category:Knights Bachelor

Category:Chief justices of the Madras High Court

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