Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell

Sir Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell (25 November 1856 – January 1927) was a barrister and colonial judge.

Early life and education Son of Sir Thomas Braddell, first Attorney General of the Straits Settlements (1867-1882), Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell was born in Province Wellesley on 25 November 1856. He was educated at Brighton College, and Worcester College, Oxford. In 1879 he was called to the bar of the Inner Temple.

Career In 1879, Braddell went to Singapore to join his father's law firm, and in the following year was admitted to the local bar. In 1883, he founded the firm Braddell Brothers with his brother Robert Braddell, today the second-oldest law firm in Singapore. Except in 1898, when he briefly acted as Attorney General, he continued in private practice until 1907 when he was appointed Puisne Judge, and in 1911, following his father, he was appointed Attorney General. He retired to England in 1917.

Personal life and death Braddell married Violet Ida Nassau Kirby. Their eldest son, Roland Braddell, was a lawyer and joint editor of the book One Hundred Years of Singapore (1921). He was an enthusiastic Freemason who occupied the offices of Master of the Lodge of St George and First Master of Read Lodge, Kuala Lumpur. He died in England in January 1927, aged 71.