D. C. Stewart-Smith

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Major Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith MBE (12 October 1894 - 8 June 1957) was a British barrister and a Deputy Judge Advocate. He also served as a Councillor on Calcutta Municipal Corporation and as a member of the State Council of Ceylon.

Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith was born on 12 October 1894 in Cheshire, the eldest son of Sir Dudley Stewart-Smith and Katherine née Cautley. He studied at the University College, Oxford. [1]

Stewart-Smith received a call to the bar by the Middle Temple on 17 November 1916. [1] [2] [3]

He initially enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and in December 1914 was transferred as a 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). [4] In January 1916 Stewart-Smith saw action in the Battle of Hanna.

He married Phyllis née Luson in London in 1923, they had three children: Phyllis Jean (b.1925 Calcutta), [5] Priscilla (b.1931 Colombo) and Geoffrey (b.1933 Colombo).

In 1924 he served as a Councillor on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. [6]

In 1932 he succeeded T. L. Villiers as the nominated member of the 1st State Council of Ceylon. [7] [8]

On 8 September 1939 he was appointed as a Deputy Judge Advocate, [9] [10] a position he held until he retired in 1955. [2] Between 1946 and 1947 he served as one of the members of War crimes tribunal in Hamburg, after the end of World War II. [11] [12]

Stewart-Smith died on 8 June 1957 in Weybridge, Surrey. [2]

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  1. 1 2 Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (1945). Registration of Admissions to the Middle Temple: July 1501 to December 1944. Redhill, Surrey: Love and Malcomson Ltd. p. 815.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Law Journal". New Law Journal. Charities Appeals Supplement. E.B. Ince: 429. 1957. ISSN   0306-6479.
  3. ↑ Pollock, Sir Frederick (1916). "Weekly Notes". 2. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales: 538.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "No. 29015". The London Gazette . 22 December 1914. p. 10932.
  5. ↑ "Births". The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News. Vol. 52. 1925. p. 38.
  6. ↑ "Report on the Municipal Administration of Calcutta". 1. Calcutta: Calcutta Corporation Press. 1924: 2.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "The Crown Colonist". 2. Crown Colonist. 1932: 197.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ↑ Office of Commonwealth Relations (1934). "The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for 1934". Waterlow & Sons Limited: 263.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "No. 34711". The London Gazette . 17 October 1939. p. 6969.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Army List. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1939. p. 16.
  11. ↑ "Military Courts for the Trial of War Criminals: Case 329-330/JAG". 1946. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Military Courts for the Trial of War Criminals: Case 541-544/JAG". 1947. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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