About Frederick Gentle
Lived 1892 – 1966 (aged 73). Frederick Gentle was a judge.
Sir Frederick William Gentle (12 July 1892 – 24 February 1966) was a British judge. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1912 and 1915, in 1951 he was also made an Honorary Fellow of the college. He was Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces and was knighted in 1947. He was the last of the English Chief Justices of India's Madras High Court (1947–1948). He was the son of Sir William Gentle, Chief Constable of Brighton from 1901 to 1920.
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Frederick Gentle was born on 12 July 1892.
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Frederick Gentle died on 24 February 1966.
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