Judiciary

Sir Claud Ramsey Wilmot Seton Kt MC (1896-1899)

Prior to WW1 he became a Solicitor in London. During WW1 he served with distinction, twice being mentioned in dispatches and being awarded the MC. After the war he qualified as a barrister and took up a series of senior judicial roles abroad, including Chief Justice, Nyasaland in 1941; Chief Justice in Fiji and Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 1945. He was knighted in 1944.