Henry Cadogan Rothery (1817 – 2 August 1888) was an
English lawyer
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and commissioner of wrecks (now known as the
Receiver of Wreck), especially remembered for chairing the inquiry into the
Tay Bridge disaster in 1879.
Life
Rothery was born in
London. His father was
William Rothery
William Rothery (9 April 1775 – 6 March 1864) was chief of the office of the king's proctor in Doctors' Commons - a society of lawyers practising civil law in London.
Career
In 1819 Rothery was appointed as registrar to an Anglo-Portuguese Com ...
, chief of the office of the
King's Proctor
Proctor (a variant of ''procurator'') is a person who takes charge of, or acts for, another.
The title is used in England and some other English-speaking countries in three principal contexts:
* In law, a proctor is a historical class of lawye ...
in
Doctors' Commons. Henry was educated at
St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated
B.A. in 1840, as nineteenth
wrangler in the
mathematical tripos, and
M.A. in 1845. After leaving the university he entered Doctors' Commons, and from 1842 practised in the