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Friday, April 13, 1973
J.W.D. HORLEY TO BE NEXT SOLICITOR GENERAL
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
has approved the promotion of Mr. J.W.D. Hobley to succeed Mr. G.R. Sneath
in the post of Solicitor General, who left on pre-retirement leave on
April 12, 1973.
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Aged 43, Mr. Hobley graduated from the University of Liverpool
with a LL.B. degree in 1949. He was called to the Bar (Grays Inn) in
1950 and was in private practice in Liverpool until his appointment to
Hong Kong as a Crown Counsel in November 1953.
He was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel in April 1962, and to
Principal Crown Counsel in September 1965. He acted as Solicitor General
on numerous occasions, He has been on secondment to the Government of
Bermuda as Attorney General since April 1972.
Mr. Hobley is married with two children.
It is expected that he will arrive in Hong Kong about the middle
of May.
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