Sir Samuel Brownlow Gray (27 April 1823 – 20 January 1910) was a

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Life

Gray was born in St. George's,

, the son of Benjamin Charles Thomas Gray and Elizabeth Brownlow of Bermuda. He was

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in 1847. He was Inspector of schools in Bermuda from 1848, and was in May 1861 appointed

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of Bermuda. In May 1900, he was appointed Chief Justice of Bermuda, and he served as President of the Legislative Council. He stepped down from both positions in 1905.

Honours

He was appointed a Companion of the

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(CMG) in January 1888, and

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in the

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November 1901.

Personal life and death

A keen

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player, he helped introduce the game to Bermuda. Gray married, in 1851, Eliza Anne Trimingham, daughter of Hon. James H. Trimingham. They had two sons and three daughters (one died young). The eldest son, Sir Reginald Gray (1851-1935), was also a barrister and a politician in Bermuda. Elder daughter, Bessie Eliza Brownlow Gray (1854-1925), was an accomplished watercolourist and poet. Sir Samuel died in

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on 20 January 1910.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Samuel Brownlow 1823 births 1910 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn 19th-century Bermudian lawyers Attorneys General of Bermuda Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Bachelor Chief justices of Bermuda