About Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye
Lived 1923 – 2018 (aged 95). Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye was a Nigerian and British judge and lawyer.
Chief Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye (née Dulcie Ethel King; 29 May 1923 – 12 November 2018) was an English-born Nigerian jurist who was the country's second female judge.
Early and personal life Oguntoye was born at Gravesend, Kent in England. Serving in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II then enrolling to study law at the Middle Temple Inns of Court. They later moved to Ibadan. He gave her the name "Adunola". He married another five wives after her. They established a law firm, Oguntoye & Oguntoye in 1949. Her husband died in June 1997.
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English-born Nigerian jurist
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Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye was born on 29 May 1923 in Gravesend.
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Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye died on 12 November 2018.
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Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye was a judge and lawyer.
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Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye was Nigerian and British.
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