William Malkin

Sir Herbert William Malkin (1883–1945), sometimes known as William Malkin, was a British lawyer. He passed the bar at Inner Temple in 1907. He joined the foreign office in 1911, rising to become the Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office in 1929 until his death in an aeroplane crash in July 1945.

Early life He was born on 17 April 1883, the only son of Herbert Charles Malkin and his wife Elizabeth Elliott. He was educated at Charterhouse School before going on to Trinity College, Cambridge. There he gained a first in the Classical Tripos and four years after his being called to the Bar he joined the Foreign Office in 1911.

Second World War Malkin's experience in the First World War made him one of 'the few persons who knew by experience what had to be done quickly when the country was suddenly involved in war' at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Death Sir William Malkin was lost at sea when his Liberator of RAF Transport Command disappeared following its departure from Montreal on 3 July 1945.