Herbert Stronge

Sir Herbert Cecil Stronge, KC (3 January 1875 – 22 August 1963) was an Anglo-Irish barrister and British colonial judge.

Life and career

Stronge was born in 1875 in Kilkee, County Clare,[1][2] the son of S. E. Stronge, MA, ISO,[2] and Minnie L. Stronge. He was educated at the Falmouth School[2] and Trinity College, Dublin,[1][2] where he took a BA and was Prizeman in Classics and English Literature.

He was called to the Irish Bar in 1900[1][2] and joined the North-East Circuit in 1901,[2] practising in Belfast.

He was appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in the Bahamas in 1911,[2][3] and acted as Attorney-General of the Bahamas in 1914 and 1915. From 1917[4] to 1925, he was Chief Justice of the Tonga Protectorate.[5] From 1925 to 1931,[6] he was Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands. From 1931[6][7] until his retirement in 1938[8] he was Chief Justice of Cyprus.

Stronge became a King's Counsel when he took silk in 1929,[9] and was knighted in 1930.[10]

Stronge died in Durban, South Africa in 1963.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ex-Chief Justice of Cyprus Dies". Irish Independent. 24 August 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Irish Judges in Cyprus". Irish Independent. 26 October 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "News notes (Through the courtesy of)". Nassau, Bahamas: The Tribune. 21 August 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC).
  4. ^ Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (2001). Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era, 1900-65. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 74.
  5. ^ "Correspondence". Australian Christian Commonwealth. 10 October 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Appointment". The London Gazette (33684): 604. 27 January 1931.
  7. ^ "Stronge Appointed Chief Justice of Cyprus". The Royal Gazette. Vol. 16, no. 11. 13 January 1931. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "About People (The King has approved)". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. 22 April 1938. p. 10. The King has approved the appointment of Sir Bernard Crean, Chief Justice of British Guiana, to be Chief Justice of Cyprus, succeeding Sir H. C. Stronge who is retiring.
  9. ^ "(Calls to the Inner Bar of Northern Ireland)". The Belfast Gazette (399): 169. 15 February 1929.
  10. ^ "Orders of Knighthood: Colonies, Protectorates, &c". The Edinburgh Gazette.

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