Kenneth Roberts-Wray
Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray QC | |
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Born | Kenneth Owen Roberts-Wray 6 June 1899 |
Died | 29 August 1983 | (aged 84)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
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Sir Kenneth Owen Roberts-Wray,
Biography
Born 6 June 1899, Kenneth Roberts-Wray was the son of Captain Thomas Henry Roberts-Wray, sometime aide-de-camp to King George V, and of Florence Grace Roberts-Wray. He was educated at University Tutorial College, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Merton College, Oxford, where he took first-class honours in jurisprudence.
During the
He transferred to the
In retirement, Roberts-Wray was the author of Commonwealth and Colonial Law (Stevens, 1966), a seminal work in that area. From January to June 1969, he served as Acting Attorney-General of Gibraltar. He died on 29 August 1983.
Family
Roberts-Wray firstly married in 1927 Joan Tremayne Waring (died 1961); they had three sons. After he death, he married secondly, in 1965, Lady (Mary Howard) Williams, widow of Sir Ernest Williams.
Honours
Roberts-Wray was appointed a Companion of the
References
- G. J. Zellick, "Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray", The Times, 3 September 1983, p. 8
- Sir James McPetrie, "Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray", The Times, 14 September 1983, p. 12.
- Roberts-Wray, Sir Kenneth Owen, (6 June 1899–29 Aug. 1983), QC 1959; Legal Adviser, Commonwealth Relations Office (Dominions Office until 1947) and Colonial Office, 1945–60, retired