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Denys Roberts

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Dato Seri Paduka Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, KBE, SPMB, QC (Traditional Chinese: 羅弼時爵士, 19 January 1921 – 20 May 2013) was a British colonial official and judge. [1]

70 relations: Aide-de-camp, Aldenham School, Attorney general, Bachelor of Civil Law, Barrister, Bedfordshire County Cricket Club, Belgium, Bermuda, Birthday Honours, Brunei, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Chief Justice, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary (British Empire), Chief Secretary for Administration, China, Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong), Cricket, Crown Counsel, David Trench, David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Executive Council of Hong Kong, Geoffrey Briggs, Governor of Gibraltar, Governor of Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, High Court (Hong Kong), Hugh Norman-Walker, India, Jack Cater, John William Dixon Hobley, Justice of the peace, Law and Disorder (1958 film), Law of Bermuda, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Lincoln's Inn, List of post-nominal letters (Brunei), London, Mainland China, Malawi, Marylebone Cricket Club, Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Maurice Heenan, Minor Counties Cricket Championship, Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Netherlands, New Territories, New Year Honours, Noel Power, ..., Norfolk, Nyasaland, Order of the British Empire, Politics of Brunei, Politics of Gibraltar, Queen's Counsel, Queensway (Hong Kong), Royal Artillery, Royal Commonwealth Society, Second lieutenant, Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong), Solicitor General of Hong Kong, The Daily Telegraph, Traditional Chinese characters, United Kingdom, Wadham College, Oxford, World War II, Xi'an, Yang Ti-liang, Yuen Long. Expand index (20 more) »

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally helper in the military camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.

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Aldenham School

Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England.

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Attorney general

In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or Attorney-General (plural: Attorneys General (traditional) or Attorney Generals) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions, they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.

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Bachelor of Civil Law

Bachelor of Civil Law (abbreviated BCL or B.C.L.; Baccalaureus Civilis Legis) is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Bedfordshire County Cricket Club

Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bermuda

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Birthday Honours

King's/Queen's Birthday Honours is, in some Commonwealth realms, the marking of the reigning monarch's official birthday by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Chief Justice

The Chief Justice is the presiding member of a supreme court in any of many countries with a justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Singapore, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Japan, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Supreme Court of Nepal, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of the United States, and provincial or state supreme courts.

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong

The Chief Justice of Hong Kong or erroneously Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (later 首席大法官) was the most senior judge in the court system in Hong Kong until 1997.

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Chief Secretary (British Empire)

Chief Secretary was the title of a senior civil servant in various colonies of the British Empire.

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Chief Secretary for Administration

The Chief Secretary for Administration, commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, is the most senior principal official of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is the final appellate court of Hong Kong.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Crown Counsel

Crown Counsel are lawyers, generally in Common Law jurisdictions, who provide advice to the government and acts as prosecutors in cases.

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David Trench

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench (2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

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David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, (born 14 February 1935, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)) is a retired Scottish administrator, diplomat and Sinologist.

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Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo;; Chinese name before the transfer of sovereignty: 行政局) is a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Geoffrey Briggs

Sir Geoffrey Gould Briggs (1914–1993) was a British lawyer and judge.

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Governor of Gibraltar

The Governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

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Governor of Hong Kong

The Governor of Hong Kong was the representative in Hong Kong of the British Crown from 1843 to 1997.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.

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Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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High Court (Hong Kong)

The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, consists of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance; it deals with criminal and civil cases which have risen beyond the lower courts.

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Hugh Norman-Walker

Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker (17 December 1916 – 28 August 1985) was a British colonial official.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jack Cater

Sir Jack Cater, KBE, JP (21 February 1922 – 14 April 2006) was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981.

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John William Dixon Hobley

John William Dixon Hobley CMG QC (11 June 1929 – 4 March 1993) was Attorney General of Bermuda in 1972 and Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1973 to 1979.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Law and Disorder (1958 film)

Law and Disorder is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries.

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Law of Bermuda

The law of Bermuda is based on the common law legal system of England and Wales.

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Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral parliamentary legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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List of post-nominal letters (Brunei)

Brunei has a range of post-nominal letters denoting honours awarded to distinguished citizens.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mainland China

Mainland China, also known as the Chinese mainland, is the geopolitical as well as geographical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Malawi

Malawi (or; or maláwi), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club, generally known as the MCC, is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England.

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Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)

In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts with Honours of these universities are promoted to the title of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university (including years as an undergraduate).

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Maurice Heenan

Maurice Heenan (8 October 1912 – 26 September 2000) was a New Zealand-born barrister and solicitor, who served as Attorney General of Hong Kong and as a senior lawyer for the United Nations.

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Minor Counties Cricket Championship

The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is contested by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status.

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Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch

Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, (16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000) was a British politician, diplomat and the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Territories

The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula.

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New Year Honours

The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours.

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Noel Power

Sir Noel Plunkett Power, GBS (Traditional Chinese: 鮑偉華爵士, 4 December 1929 – 19 November 2009) was a senior judge in Hong Kong and Brunei Darussalam.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Nyasaland

Nyasaland, or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British Protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Politics of Brunei

The politics of Brunei take place in a framework of an absolute monarchy, where by the Sultan of Brunei is both head of state and head of government (Prime Minister of Brunei).

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Politics of Gibraltar

The politics of Gibraltar takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Overseas Territory, whereby the Monarch of the United Kingdom is the constitutional head of state represented by the Governor of Gibraltar.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Queensway (Hong Kong)

Queensway is a major road in the Admiralty area of Central, Hong Kong.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.

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Royal Commonwealth Society

The Royal Commonwealth Society is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote the value of the Commonwealth and the values upon which it is based.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)

The Secretary for Justice is the head of the Hong Kong Department of Justice, the chief legal advisor to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and the chief law enforcement officer of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Solicitor General of Hong Kong

The Solicitor General of Hong Kong (Chinese: 法律政策專員) is head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice in Hong Kong.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters (Pinyin) are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, China.

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Yang Ti-liang

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Yuen Long

Yuen Long, formerly romanised as Un Long, is an area and town on the Yuen Long Plain located in the western New Territories, Hong Kong.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Roberts

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