TNAG-0196-FCO40-232-Judiciary-appointments-1970 — Page 43

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

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

$

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.

(118281) Dd. 391599 1,500M 2/69 Hw,

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