G. R. Blanco White

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G. R. Blanco White
Born(1883-05-08)8 May 1883
Fulham, London, England
Died26 March 1966(1966-03-26) (aged 82)
London, England
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
Spouse
Conrad Waddington (son-in-law)
Maud Pember Reeves (mother-in-law)
William Pember Reeves (father-in-law)
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
ServiceRoyal Garrison Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War I

George Rivers Blanco White QC (8 May 1883 – 26 March 1966) was an English judge, Recorder of Croydon from 1940–56, and a member of the Special Divorce Commission, from 1948–1957.[1][2][3]

Biography

The son of Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth Blanco White, he was born in

called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1907.[5]

On 7 May 1909, he married

Margaret Justin Blanco White (1911–2001), who became an architect, and a son Thomas Blanco White (1915–2006), a patent lawyer. Through Margaret he was the grandfather of anthropologist Caroline Humphrey and mathematician Dusa McDuff.[7]

He served in the

First World War with the Royal Garrison Artillery. He stood for the Labour Party at the 1929 Holland with Boston by-election, coming second to Liberal James Blindell.[citation needed
]

He was made King's Counsel in 1936.[8] He became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1940 in replacement of Henry Chartres Biron.[9] He died in London in 1966 and received obituaries in The Times and The Guardian.

References

  1. ^ G. R. Blanco White, Q.C. The Guardian (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 30 Mar 1966: 2.
  2. ^ "Mr. G. R. Blanco White." Times [London, England] 29 Mar. 1966: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Jan. 2015.
  3. ^ ‘WHITE, George Rivers Blanco’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 Jan 2015
  4. ^ 1891 England Census
  5. ^ Council Of Legal Education. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 12, 1907; pg. 11; Issue 38228. (1649 words)
  6. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63956
    . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  7. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112261
    . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ^ "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 11 Feb. 1936: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Jan. 2015.
  9. ^ The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 08, 1940; pg. 5; Issue 48559.
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