Sir Albert de Rutzen was

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of the Metropolitan Police Courts in the United Kingdom. He was knighted in 1901. De Rutzen was

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in Wales from 1872 to 1876. He became a

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magistrate in London in 1876 to 1913, becoming

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in 1901, when he was knighted. In 1910, de Rutzen issued the arrest warrant for Dr Crippen and his mistress

Ethel Le Neve Ethel Clara Neave (22 January 1883 – 9 August 1967), known as Ethel Le Neve, was the mistress of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, a homeopath hanged for the murder and mutilation of his wife in 1910. She was born in Diss, Norfolk, the eldest child o ...

, for the murder of Crippen's wife. Crippen and Le Neve were on a ship to Canada were arrested on their arrival in Quebec. Crippen was convicted and executed and Le Neve was acquitted. In 1872, de Rutzen married Horatia Augusta Stepney Gulston of Carmarthenshire. He died on 22 September 1913.Cincinnati Enquirer, September 23, 1913

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* – photograph and biographical details of Lady Horatia de Rutzen Year of birth missing Year of death missing 20th-century English judges Knights Bachelor Stipendiary magistrates (England and Wales) 19th-century Welsh judges {{UK-judge-stub