Cecil Fforde

Sir Cecil Robert Fforde KC (1875–1951), was a distinguished British barrister, judge and diplomat.

Biography

Born on 24 June 1875, Cecil Fforde was educated at Bedford School. He was appointed King's Counsel and Counsel to the Attorney-General for Ireland, in 1919, Senior Counsel to the Crown, in 1920, and Judge in the Lahore High Court, between 1922 and 1931. He was appointed Judge President of Special Courts in Bechuanaland and Swaziland, Judicial Commissioner of Basutoland, and Legal Adviser to the High Commissioner for South Africa, in 1934, and as High Commissioner for these territories, between 1935 and 1936, representing the territories at the coronation of King George VI in 1937.^[1]

Sir Cecil Fforde was invested as a Knight Bachelor by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 13 June 1930.^[2] He died in Hindhead on 20 October 1951.^[3]

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