Kenneth O'Connor

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Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor

QC (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985, aged 88) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the British Colonial Service
.

Biography

Early life

O'Connor was born in

First World War
.

India

In 1915, he joined the British Indian Army as an officer in the 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs. He was awarded the Military Cross "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the Battle of Sharqat, during the campaign in Mesopotamia against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the Battle of Sharqat. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.[citation needed] Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in Charsadda, a district adjoining the Khyber Pass.[citation needed]

Legal career

In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was

Japanese invasion. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to Sumatra. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled Four Men in a Boat. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to Australia, where he later joined them.[citation needed
]

Colonial Legal Service

In 1943, having joined the Colonial Legal Service, O'Connor was appointed

Chief Justice of Jamaica in which position he served until 1954. He was knighted in 1952.[2]

In 1954, he was recalled to

Tanganyika.[7]

Later life

Following independence, Sir Kenneth and Lady O'Connor retired to their house, Buckland Court, in Surrey, England in 1962.[8] Sir Kenneth died on 13 January 1985, aged 88.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Kenya Gazette". 4 January 1949.
  2. ^ "No. 39597". The London Gazette. 15 July 1952. p. 3815.
  3. ^ "No. 40110". The London Gazette. 23 February 1954. p. 1174.
  4. ^ "The Church House, Westminster, S.W.1 5th February, 1954" (PDF). The London Gazette. No. 40110. London. 23 February 1954. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Our History". Republic of Kenya. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. ^ Kabukuru, Wanjohi (March 2007). "From 'terrorist' to national hero". New African.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Our History – The Judiciary of Kenya". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4381-0846-9
    .
  9. ^ "kenneth death - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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