Unsworth, Edgar Ignatius Godfrey, 1906-2006

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Name (Latin)
Unsworth, Edgar Ignatius Godfrey, 1906-2006
Date of birth
1906-04-18
Date of death
2006-03-15
Associated country
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Malaya
Nigeria
Northern Rhodesia
Field of activity
Law
Occupation
Lawyers
Attorneys general
Judges
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 314816018
Wikidata: Q5337499
Library of congress: no2015007961
Sources of Information
  • Blue Book 1976(Unsworth, Sir Edgar (Ignatius Godfrey), C.M.G. British, b. 1906; Chief Justice of Gibraltar since 1965; called to the Bar, Gray's Inn, London, 1930; Attorney Gen., Northern Rhodesia, 1951-56, and Fedn. of Nigeria, 1956-60; Justice, Federal Supreme Court of Nigeria, 1960-62; Chief Justice, Nyasaland, 1962-64)
  • NUC pre-1956(access point: Unsworth, Edgar Ignatius Godfrey; usage: Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth)
  • Northern Rhodesia. The laws of Northern Rhodesia, 1948- :title page (Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, Esq., LL.B. (of Gray's Inn, barrister-at-law), solicitor-general of Northern Rhodesia)
  • Who's Who, 1956(Unsworth, Edgar Ignatius Godfrey, C.M.G. 1954; b. 18 April 1906; Solicitor-general: Northern Rhodesia, 1946; Federation of Malaya, 1949)
  • Wikipedia, viewed January 20, 2015(Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, KBE, CMG, QC (18 April 1906 - 15 March 2006) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both Chief Justice of Gibraltar and as Attorney-General for Northern Rhodesia during his long legal career. He attended Stonyhurst College and Manchester University (LLB Hons). At the time of his death, he was the second to last surviving holder of the title "King's Counsel", which was discontinued in 1952 upon the accession of Elizabeth II to the Crown)

Wikipedia description:

Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, KBE, CMG, QC (18 April 1906 – 15 March 2006) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both Attorney-General for Northern Rhodesia and Chief Justice of Gibraltar during his long legal career.

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