Leonard Stone (judge)

Sir John Leonard Stone, OBE, QC (6 November 1896 – 3 January 1978) was the last British chief justice of the High Court of Bombay, serving from 30 September 1943 until 1948.

Educated at Malvern College, he served in the First World War and in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. Called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1923, he joined the Lincoln's Inn Bar in 1931, becoming a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 1942 and its treasurer in 1956. He served in the British Home Guard during the Second World War, until 1943, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. He was appointed an OBE in the 1943 New Year Honours (citing his Home Guard service)^[1] and knighted in the 1943 Birthday Honours.^[2] He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1948.^[3]

He subsequently served as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1948 to 1963.

Arms

Coat of arms of Leonard Stone

Notes Displayed on a painted panel in the hall at Gray's Inn.[4] Crest Between two wings Sable each charged with a fleur de lis between two cinquefoils in chief and in base Or a griffin’s head per pale Argent and Or. Escutcheon Per pale Argent and Or three cinquefoils Sable on a chief indented Azure a mullet of six points between two mullets Argent. Motto Sto Ne Per Vim Sed Per Jus

See also

• List of chief justices of the Bombay High Court