Norman Whitley
{{Short description|British army officer and lacrosse player (1883–1957)}}
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Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|MC}} (29 June 1883 – 12 April 1957) was a barrister and judge. He was a silver medallist in lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17946 |title=Norman Whitley |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 April 2021}}
Biography
Whitley was born in Chorlton, Manchester, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He entered the Inner Temple to study law and was called to the bar in 1907.
In the 1908 Summer Olympics hosted by Great Britain, Whitley was a member of the British Lacrosse team, which went on to win a silver medal, losing to Canada in the final.
On the outbreak of the First World War, he was commissioned into the Manchester Regiment and served in Gallipoli, where he was awarded the Military Cross.{{London Gazette|issue=12947|page=1004|date=5 June 1916|city=e}} After evacuation from Gallipoli, he served in Palestine and Arabia and was demobilized in 1920 with the rank of Major.[https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U244414 "Whitley, Sir Norman Henry Pownall"], Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
Returning to the legal profession, he was appointed a Deputy Public Prosecutor in Penang in 1920 but soon afterward (1922) transferred to the Straits Settlements (Singapore) in the same capacity. In 1929, he was appointed a Puisne Judge and then Judge and Acting Chief Justice for the Federated Malay States. Finally, in 1937, he was appointed Chief Justice of Uganda, serving until his retirement in 1947. He was knighted (KCB) in 1941. He was later Chairman of the Uganda Cotton Industry Commission.
He married Florence May Erskine and had five children. His son Peter married Lady Mary Cambridge.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/norman-whitley-1.html Norman Whitley's profile at Sports Reference.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151208125552/http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=93&lot_id=53376 Sale of his medals]
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Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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Category:Lacrosse players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic lacrosse players for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:People from Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Federated Malay States judges
Category:Uganda Protectorate judges
Category:People from the Straits Settlements
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Category:British Army personnel of World War I