Major Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith MBE (12 October 1894 - 8 June 1957) was a British barrister and a Deputy Judge Advocate. He also served as a Councillor on Calcutta Municipal Corporation and as a member of the State Council of Ceylon.
Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith was born on 12 October 1894 in Cheshire, the eldest son of Sir Dudley Stewart-Smith and Katherine née Cautley. He studied at the University College, Oxford. [1]
Stewart-Smith received a call to the bar by the Middle Temple on 17 November 1916. [1] [2] [3]
He initially enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and in December 1914 was transferred as a 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). [4] In January 1916 Stewart-Smith saw action in the Battle of Hanna.
He married Phyllis née Luson in London in 1923, they had three children: Phyllis Jean (b.1925 Calcutta), [5] Priscilla (b.1931 Colombo) and Geoffrey (b.1933 Colombo).
In 1924 he served as a Councillor on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. [6]
In 1932 he succeeded T. L. Villiers as the nominated member of the 1st State Council of Ceylon. [7] [8]
On 8 September 1939 he was appointed as a Deputy Judge Advocate, [9] [10] a position he held until he retired in 1955. [2] Between 1946 and 1947 he served as one of the members of War crimes tribunal in Hamburg, after the end of World War II. [11] [12]
Stewart-Smith died on 8 June 1957 in Weybridge, Surrey. [2]
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