Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe (3 March 1873 – 20 April 1931) was a British barrister and Chief Justice of the

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from 1921 to 1924. Schwabe was the second son of

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politician Maj.-Gen. George Salis Schwabe, C.B., by his wife Mary Jacqueline, daughter of Sir William Milbourne James,

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in 1870. His paternal grandfather, Salis (born Solomon ben Elias) Schwabe (1800–1853), of Crumpsall House, Manchester and

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, Anglesey, formerly of Rhodes House, Middleton, was a successful calico printer of Westphalian Jewish origin who had settled in England in 1817 and converted to

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. He married his cousin

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, who became a noted educationist. Educated at

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and

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(B.A. 1894), Schwabe was

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from the

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26 January 1897, and entered the

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. He was appointed

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in 1913. He was joint author of ''Schwabe and Branson's Law of the Stock Exchange'' and ''Effect of War on Stock Exchange''.''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories'', 1963, pg 1297''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage'', 1931, pg 1221 Schwabe was a well-regarded figure professionally: his 'brilliance as a student, his success at the English Bar, and his attainment as an author gave especial Satisfaction to the members of the Madras Bar'. Schwabe also served as a captain in the 19th Volunteer Battalion, London Regiment during the

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. He was created

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in 1922 (Gazetted April 14). He married firstly, in 1901, Margaret (d. 1927), daughter of Arthur Sanderson, of

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; his second wife (m. 1927) was Violet Beatrice, daughter of Percival Edward Reeve and Beatrice Mary, daughter of Capt. George Fearnley-Whittingstall, J.P., of Watford and Hawkswick, Herts., later Mrs Cecil John Thornhill. Schwabe died 20 April 1931.

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