Roger Gray

Roger Ibbotson Gray (16 June 1921 – 19 October 1992) was an English judge, barrister and first-class cricketer .

Gray was born at Headingley in June 1921. He was educated at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire, before going up to The Queen's College, Oxford. His studies at Oxford were interrupted by the Second World War, with Gray being commissioned in June 1942 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. He served with the Ayrshire Yeomanary in the war, seeing action in Normandy and North-West Europe. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in the Oxford first innings by John Brocklebank, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 11 runs by Rowland Shaddick. He was president of the Oxford Union in 1948–49.

After graduating from Oxford with a first in jurisprudence, Gray became a barrister as a member of Gray's Inn. He was appointed a recorder in 1972, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Family Division. Gray died at Cheltenham in October 1992 following illness. He was survived by his wife and his son from his first marriage.