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English rugby union player and barrister
Rugby player
Sir Carl Douglas Aarvold
OBE
,
TD
(7 June 1907 – 17 March 1991) was an
English
barrister
who became
Recorder of London
. Among other cases, he presided at the 1965 trial of the
Kray twins
. In his earlier days, he was also an
England
rugby union
international player
[2]
Born in
Hartlepool
, he was educated at
Durham School
and
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
[3]
and from 1928 until 1933 played rugby 16 times for his country, captaining the side six times.
[4]
He was
called to the bar
in 1932.
[5]
Two years later he married Noeline Hill at
St George's, Hanover Square
, and the marriage yielded three sons.
[6]
His professional career was interrupted by
World War II
during which he served in the
Royal Artillery
and reached the temporary rank of
lieutenant-colonel
. He was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in 1945 for his war service and also received the
Territorial Decoration
[3]
Embarking on a legal career, he was by 1951 the
Recorder
of
Pontefract
[7]
and then
Judge
of the
Lord Mayor's
and
City of London
Court
[8]
(later
Common Serjeant
[9]
). By now
Master
of the
Inner Temple
he succeeded
Edward Anthony Hawke
to be
Recorder of London
, the Senior Judge at
The Old Bailey
in 1964, and was knighted in 1968. A long-serving president of the
Lawn Tennis Association
, he died on 17 March 1991; his wife died in 2005.
In 1966, he received the
Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
.
[10]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
Steve Lewis,
One among Equals
, pp. 278, 2008 (Vertical Editions:London).
- ^
"Cambridge University Fives Club"
. Archived from
the original
on 27 April 2006
. Retrieved
18 February
2008
.
- ^
a
b
"World War II unit histories & officers"
.
unithistories.com/
. Retrieved
18 August
2010
.
Aarvold, (His Honour Sir) Carl Douglas ... Education: Durham School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Hon. Fellow, 1976).
- ^
Centenary History of the
Rugby Football Union
:
McWhirter, R
/Titley, U.A: London, RFU,1970
ISBN
0-14-327370-1
- ^
The Times
, 27 October 1932; p. 4; Issue 46275; col E "Bar Examinations Michaelmas Results"
- ^
Who Was Who
, 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991,
ISBN
0-7136-3457-X
- ^
The Times
, 6 April 1951; p. 6; Issue 51968; col D "Recorder Of Pontefract"
- ^
The Times
, Wednesday, 31 March 1954; p. 5; Issue 52894; col B "Mr. C. D. Aarvold Category: Official Appointments and Notices - Additional Judge of Mayor's and City of London Court"
- ^
The Times
, 11 November 1959; p. 12; Issue 54615; col F "Appointment Of City Common Serjeant"
- ^
"Reply to a parliamentary question"
(PDF)
(in German). p. 213
. Retrieved
18 October
2012
.
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