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'''Sir Gerald Albery Hosker''', [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] (born 1933) is a retired British lawyer and public servant.
Born in 1933, Hosker became an [[articled clerk]] at [[Derrick Bridges & Co.]] in 1951, but after being admitted a [[solicitor]] in 1956 he worked for [[Clifford-Turner & Co.]], before joining the [[Government Legal Department|Treasury Solicitor's Department]] in 1960. After several promotions, he was appointed an [[Undersecretary|under-secretary]] in the Department in 1982, before serving as Deputy Treasury Solicitor between 1984 and 1987. He was then Legal Adviser to the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]] until his appointment in 1992 as [[Government Legal Department|HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor]], in which office he served until retiring in 1995.<ref name="WhWaWh">[http://bit.ly/2TuFQyo "Hosker, Sir Gerald (Albery)"], ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 4 January 2019.</ref>
Hosker was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] in 1987, and promoted to Knight Commander in 1995. He was made an honorary [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1991.<ref name="WhWaWh"/>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British lawyers]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
Born in 1933, Hosker became an [[articled clerk]] at [[Derrick Bridges & Co.]] in 1951, but after being admitted a [[solicitor]] in 1956 he worked for [[Clifford-Turner & Co.]], before joining the [[Government Legal Department|Treasury Solicitor's Department]] in 1960. After several promotions, he was appointed an [[Undersecretary|under-secretary]] in the Department in 1982, before serving as Deputy Treasury Solicitor between 1984 and 1987. He was then Legal Adviser to the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]] until his appointment in 1992 as [[Government Legal Department|HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor]], in which office he served until retiring in 1995.<ref name="WhWaWh">[http://bit.ly/2TuFQyo "Hosker, Sir Gerald (Albery)"], ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 4 January 2019.</ref>
Hosker was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] in 1987, and promoted to Knight Commander in 1995. He was made an honorary [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1991.<ref name="WhWaWh"/>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British lawyers]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
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