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The Right Honourable Sir Hugh Wooding T.C., K.B.

Personal Data

Surname	Wooding
Other names	Hugh Olliviere Beresford
Date of birth	1904.01.14
Place of birth	Trinidad
Secondary Education	Queen’s Royal College
Died	1974

Professional Data

Admitted to practise	Middle Temple – 1926
Silk	K.C. 1948
C.J. Appointment	1962.08.29
Retired	1968.12.31
Honours	Commander of the British Empire -1947. Knight Bachelor -1963. Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Trinity Cross [1969]. Doctor of Laws of University of the West Indies.
Notes	First Chief Justice of the independent Trinidad and Tobago, 1962-1968. Chancellor of the University of the West Indies - 1971 Became Mayor of Port of Spain in 1943 Member of the Constitution Reform Commission 1971

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