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Sir George Albert Bonner
Sir George Albert Bonner (9 March 1862 – 27 April 1952) was a British judge, barrister and legal scholar. From 1906 to 1937, he served as a Master of the King's Bench Division, High Court of Justice. In 1927 he was appointed as the Senior Master of the King's Bench and King's Remembrancer, the most ancient position in the British judiciary. Later that year he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in King George V's Birthday Honours of 1927. He also produced several works of legal scholarship, including 'The Law of Motor Cars and Hackney and other Carriages on the Highways', one of the earliest texts on the laws of automobiles, published in 1898. Biography Early life George Bonner was born on 9 March 1862, the second son of Charles Foster Bonner and Elizabeth Swaine. His father was a successful solicitor based in Lincolnshire and the family grew up in Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding. He attended Magdalen College School in Oxford before going up to study law at New Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Bonner
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
