Edgar Unsworth

Chivalric Order Member

1906 – 2006

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Who was Edgar Unsworth?

Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, KBE, CMG, QC was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both Chief Justice of Gibraltar and as Attorney-General for Northern Rhodesia during his long legal career.

He attended Stonyhurst College and Manchester University. At the time of his death, he was the second to last surviving holder of the title “King's Counsel”, which was discontinued in 1952 upon the accession of Elizabeth II to the Crown.

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Born
Apr 18, 1906
Died
Mar 15, 2006

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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