About Gary Flather
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 80). Gary Flather was a British barrister, judge, activist and recorder.
Gerald "Gary" Denis Flather, QC, OBE, (4 October 1937 – 9 October 2017) was an English barrister, judge and disability rights campaigner.
Biography Flather was the son of Denis Gerald Flather, group managing director of the family steel company based in Sheffield, and Joan Ada (née Walker).
He was educated at Oundle School and Pembroke College, Oxford.
Personal life
Flather married Shreela Rai, a politician, daughter of Rai Bahadur Aftab Rai, of New Delhi, India, a barrister and diplomat. Flather fought multiple sclerosis for forty years, necessitating the use of a wheelchair. Flather was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours "for services to the Legal Profession and to promoting Disability Awareness."
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Who was Gary Flather?
British barrister, judge, and disability rights campaigner
When was Gary Flather born?
Gary Flather was born on 4 October 1937.
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Gary Flather died on 9 October 2017.
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Gary Flather was a barrister, judge, activist and recorder.
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Gary Flather was British.
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