Sir Reginald Gray KC

Queen's Counsel

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 (29 December 1851–15 September 1935) was a Bermudian

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

 barrister

Barrister

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 and politician.

The son of Sir Samuel Gray, Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Bermuda, Gray was educated at Burlington House School in London

London

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 and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple

Inner Temple

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 in 1875.

Returning to his native Bermuda to practise, he was a member of the House of Assembly

House of Assembly of Bermuda

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 from 1895 until 1928. He served as Attorney-General of Bermuda from 1900 to 1919 and Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1921 to 1929.

Gray compiled Laws of Bermuda from 1690 to 1883 in 1884. In 1903 he updated the work to 1902.

He was knighted

Knight Bachelor

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 in the 1920 New Year Honours.

Gray was also the Croquet Open Champion

Croquet Association

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in 1875 and runner up in 1874 and 1876.