Alan King-Hamilton
His Honour Alan King-Hamilton QC | |
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Personal details | |
Born | [1] West Hampstead, London | 9 December 1904
Died | 23 March 2010 | (aged 105)
Spouse |
Rosalind Irene Ellis
(m. 1935; died 1991) |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Myer Alan Barry King-Hamilton QC (9 December 1904 – 23 March 2010) was a British
Early life and career
King-Hamilton was born Myer Alan Barry Harris in
In 1935, he married Rosalind Irene Ellis (1906–1991),[5][6] with whom he had two daughters.[1] During his first few years at the Bar, King-Hamilton specialised in road traffic law before branching out into other areas.[4]
Military service
In 1939 King-Hamilton became a censor with the Ministry of Information and by 1945 had achieved the rank of squadron leader in Royal Air Force Intelligence. Upon demobilization he returned to his legal career.
Judicial career
After being appointed
Emil Savundra trial
Emil Savundra ran a fraudulent insurance company and had been exposed on television by David Frost. His 1968 trial for fraud, under King-Hamilton, led to his conviction and imprisonment for eight years. Despite this, King-Hamilton described Savundra as "What a man. How could one not admire his spirit?" in his memoirs, and would have had him as an imaginary dinner party guest, along with Cleopatra, Dame Edith Evans and others.[7]
Janie Jones trial
King-Hamilton also presided over the 1973 trial of Janie Jones, a pop singer and madame, on charges of procuring women to become prostitutes, blackmail and perverting the course of justice. After the jury convicted her on the first and third charges, King-Hamilton sentenced Jones to seven years imprisonment, describing her as "the most evil woman he had ever met".[4] Jones's own recollection was that he had said "of all the women I've ever tried, you are the most evil. I thought one woman was really evil, but you leave that woman in the shade."[8]
Peter Hain trial
In 1976
Gay News trial
A poem,
Christian morality campaigner
After retiring in 1979, King-Hamilton acted as an arbitrator in the Channel 4 television series Case on Camera.[4]
Death
King-Hamilton died on 23 March 2010, at the age of 105.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d A & C Black (ed.). Who's Who 2010 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ The London Gazette 14 November 1916.
- ^ a b c d e f "His Honour Alan King-Hamilton - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006". Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ The Times, 7 June 1935, page 1.
- ^ Morton, James (25 March 2010). "Alan King-Hamilton obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ Coon, Caroline. "Who's In Love With Janie Jones? Caroline Coon, Sounds, 15 October 1977". Sounds. homepage.mac.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ Naughton, Philippe; Costello, Miles (18 February 2007). "Inside the plot to frame Peter Hain - Times Online". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "Blasphemy". martinfrost.ws. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ John Cooper, ed. (February 2008). "An evening with Alan King-Hamilton" (PDF). Criminal Bar Quarterly (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.