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Wednesday, July 4, 1973

MR. HOBLEY NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL

It was officially announced today that Mr. J.W.D. Hobley will become

the new Attorney General when Mr. D.T.E. Roberts takes up his position as

Colonial Secretary later this year.

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Mr. Hobley, who is 44, graduated from the University of Liverpool

with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1949. He was called to the Bar in 1950

and was in private practice in Liverpool until his appointment to Hong Kong

as a Crown Counsel in 1953.

He was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel in 1962, Principal Crown

Counsel in 1965 and to Solicitor General in May this year.

Mr. Hobley was seconded to the government of Bermuda as Attorney

General from April 1972 until May this year. He is married with two children.

At present he is acting Attorney General.

At the same time, it was announced that Mr. G.C. Thornton would

succeed Mr. Hobley as Solicitor General.

Mr. Thornton, 43, gained his M.A. (Hons.) in English from the

Victoria University College in 1952 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the

sane university in 1954.

He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand the

same year and was in private practice there until early in 1958 when he was

appointed Crown Counsel in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).

Ar. Thornton ....