Gerald Sparrow

John Walter Gerald Sparrow (22 January 1903 – 22 August 1988) was a British lawyer, judge and travel writer. He served on the International Court in Bangkok, Thailand, for over 20 years. He was the president of the Club of Ten, a pro-apartheid organization, and the author of over 40 books.

Early life Gerald Sparrow was born in 1903 in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. He attended Sherborne School in Dorset, then Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was the president of the Cambridge Union Society.

Career Sparrow practised as a barrister in Manchester in the mid-1920s, then (invited by the Crown Prince) emigrated to Siam (now Thailand), where he was appointed, in 1930 and aged only 26 or 27, as a judge on the International Court (which tried cases involving non-Thais) in Bangkok.

Sparrow was the president of the Club of Ten, a pro-apartheid organization whose members included South African, British, American businessmen.

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