Herbert Stronge

Sir Herbert Cecil Stronge, KC (3 January 1875 – 22 August 1963) was an Anglo-Irish barrister and British colonial judge.

Life and career

Stronge was born in 1875 in Kilkee, County Clare,^[1][2] the son of S. E. Stronge, MA, ISO,^[2] and Minnie L. Stronge. He was educated at the Falmouth School^[2] and Trinity College, Dublin,^[1][2] where he took a BA and was Prizeman in Classics and English Literature.

He was called to the Irish Bar in 1900^[1][2] and joined the North-East Circuit in 1901,^[2] practising in Belfast.

He was appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in the Bahamas in 1911,^[2][3] and acted as Attorney-General of the Bahamas in 1914 and 1915. From 1917^[4] to 1925, he was Chief Justice of the Tonga Protectorate.^[5] From 1925 to 1931,^[6] he was Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands. From 1931^[6][7] until his retirement in 1938^[8] he was Chief Justice of Cyprus.

Stronge became a King's Counsel when he took silk in 1929,^[9] and was knighted in 1930.^[10]

Stronge died in Durban, South Africa in 1963.^[1]