Thomas Sidgreaves

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'''Sir Thomas Sidgreaves''' (25 October 1831<ref name="burke"/> – 23 December 1889) was a British colonial judge who was [[Chief Justice of Singapore|Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements]] from 1871–1886.<ref name="times">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

Sidgreaves was born in [[Preston, Lancashire]] into a Catholic family, the second son of George Sidgreaves.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He was educated at [[Stonyhurst College]] and the [[University of London]], earning a B.A. in 1853. He was called to the bar at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1857.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

He was knighted in 1874 for service in [[British India]].<ref name="times"/>

He married Barbara Young,<ref name="burke"></ref> with whom he had six children, including Sir [[Arthur Sidgreaves]], head of [[Rolls-Royce]].<ref></ref>

He died by suicide in [[Great Malvern]], shooting himself in the chest in his garden. He had been suffering from depression because of recent financial losses, though he was entitled to a yearly pension of £1,200 (). A jury returned a verdict of "suicide while of unsound mind" in the case. He was 60 years old.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

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[[Category:1831 births]]
[[Category:1889 deaths]]
[[Category:English Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:People from Preston, Lancashire]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Straits Settlements]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:Straits Settlements judges]]
[[Category:People educated at Stonyhurst College]]
[[Category:Suicides by firearm in England]]
[[Category:Members of the Inner Temple]]

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