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Gilbert Walter King OBE (30 June 1871 – 23 December 1937) was a British judge who served in China. His last position before retirement was as Assistant
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of the
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.


Early life

King was born in
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,
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, on 30 June 1871. His father, Alfred King, was a storekeeper and then an accountant for the
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. His mother, Mary, was also born in Bombay. King was educated at
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and
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, where he graduated with an LL.B in 1895. He then practiced as a
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in London.Obituary, ''The Times'', 24 December 1937


Legal career

King was appointed Assistant Clerk of the
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on 1 April 1903. At that time, his elder brother, Harold King, was sitting as Acting Assistant Judge of the court. King was promoted to
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in 1908 and served in that position until 1927. In 1919, he re-qualified as a
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and was called to the bar at
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. He was awarded an OBE in 1925. In November 1927, he was appointed Assistant Judge of the court on the promotion of the then Assistant Judge, Peter Grain to Judge.''North China Herald'', 1 October 1927


Retirement and death

King retired in 1931 and was succeeded by
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. He died six years later, on 23 December 1937, at his home at
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, England, at the age of 66.


Further reading

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Gilbert Walter 1871 births 1937 deaths Scholars from Mumbai British Supreme Court for China judges British expatriates in China British people in colonial India