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DRAFT
H.M. The Queen
To:- Submmion to H.M. The
In Confidence
Type 1 +
From
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Not to be submitted
for signature by the
Secretary of State
until it has been
ascertamed that Sir Ivo Rigby is willing
to at his name go
for
Forward appointment See para 2 of Submission
Mr. Secretary Stewart, with his humble duty to
The Queen, begs to submit for Your Majesty's approval
the name of Sir Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby for appoint-
ment as Chief Justice, Hong Kong, in succession to
Sir Michael Hogan.
by
In that
In
Sir Ivo Rigby who was born on 2 June, 1911, was
educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford.
He was
called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in June 1932,
and practiced in London until October 1935.
month he was appointed to the Colonial Legal Service
and posted to The Gambia as a Police Magistrate.
1938 he was transferred to Palestine as a Chief
Magistrate and promoted to Crown Council in 1942,
and to President, District Court in 1946.
again transferred in 1948, to Nyasaland as an Assistant
Judge, and in November 1954 he became President of
He was
the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of.
Malaya. During 1956 he acted as a Puisne Judge and
was confirmed in this post during 1957. Since August
1961 he has served in Hong Kong a s
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Senior Puisne
Judge, and has frequently acted as Chief Justice.
Consider
Mr. Stewart ie confident of th
the suitability of
15 the Buitable
Sir Ivo Rigby for the appointment for which his name
is now submitted.
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