Sir Hugh Loveday Beazley (16 October 1880 – 17 July 1964) was a County Court Judge (1934–1937), a Judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court (1937–1942) and the

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(1942-1953).Beazley's appointment as Common Serjeant
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'' 23 October 1942 He was the son of Robert Clover Beazley MP (1850–1925) and Harriet Gertrude (née Williams). During

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Beazley was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the Liverpool Regiment on 22 November 1916. In 1934, Beazley was appointed a County Court Judge of Circuit 38 (Edmonton & Wood Green, Ilford, etc), while from 1937 to 1942 he was judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court. In 1942, he was appointed

, the second most senior permanent judge of the Central Criminal Court after the

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. He held the post until his retirement in December 1953. From 1946 he was appointed to the Lieutenancy for the City of London and was

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in 1953. He was a member of the

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. Beazley married Beatrice Constance Veasey. Their son was

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Hugh John Beazley, DFC (1916–2011), a famed

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fighter pilot. Another son was Lieutenant Robert Arthur Cecil Beazley of the

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(1912–1944) who was killed on active service in

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.Lieutenant Robert Arthur Cecil Beazley
on the

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website Beazley died in 1964 aged 83. He was succeeded as Common Serjeant by

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The Records of His Honour Sir Hugh Loveday Beazley
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