Ronald Sinclair (judge)
Sir Ronald Ormiston Sinclair, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, KBE, (2 May 1903 – 18 November 1996) was a New Zealanders, New Zealand lawyer and judge who served in the Colonial Service, British Colonial Service. Biography Sinclair was born in 1903. Sources differ whether the place of birth was Auckland or Dunedin. His father was the Reverend William Sinclair, who had emigrated to New Zealand from United Kingdom, Britain in 1855. His mother was Rosa Elizabeth Nicolls (). Sinclair was educated at Elmwood and Gloucester Street primary schools in Christchurch, followed by Christchurch Boys' High School. He continued his secondary education at New Plymouth Boys' High School. He received his tertiary education at the University of Auckland before moving to Britain to study at Balliol College, Oxford.East Africa and Rhodesia, volume=34, Africana., 1957 On graduation, he returned to New Zealand and was call to the bar, called to the New Zealand Bar i ...
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Knight Commander Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they cre ...
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