Sir Arthur Page, QC (9 March 1876 – 1 September 1958) was a British barrister, judge, and

jeu de paume ''Jeu de paume'' (, ; originally spelled ; ), nowadays known as real tennis, (US) court tennis or (in France) ''courte paume'', is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, a ...

player and cricketer who served as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon. He played

jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics. This was the only Summer Olympic Games to contain this sport as a medal event. An outdoor version called longue paume was a demonstration sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Real ten ...

and was also a

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

er. He was a member of the

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

cricket team, played jeu de paume while attending

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

. A member of the

Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wal ...

, he was an attempted candidate in the 1910 United Kingdom general election for the

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, and served as a judge in Calcutta and Burma, where he was Chief Justice. He was appointed a KC in 1922. During the Second World War, Page was Chairman of the Evidence Section, Blockade Intelligence,

Ministry of Economic Warfare The Minister of Economic Warfare was a British government position which existed during the Second World War. The minister was in charge of the Special Operations Executive and the Ministry of Economic Warfare. See also * Blockade of Germany (193 ...

between 1939 and 1940 and Chairman of the North Staffordshire Regional Coal Valuation Board from 1941. His son was the Conservative politician Sir John Page.

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1876 births 1958 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple English King's Counsel Free Foresters cricketers Jeu de paume players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic real tennis players for Great Britain English real tennis players English cricketers People from Hildenborough Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Chief justices British sportsperson-politicians Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers A. J. Webbe's XI cricketers Judges from British Burma Judges of the Calcutta High Court Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I Royal Marines officers Royal Marines personnel of World War I Ministry of Economic Warfare {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub