Roger Evans Hall

Sir Roger Evans Hall CBE
Chief Justice of the Protectorate of Uganda
In office 1935–1937
Preceded by	Sir Sidney Abrahams
Succeeded by	Sir Norman Whitley
Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States
In office 1938–1939
Preceded by	Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas
Succeeded by	Kenneth Elliston Poyser
Personal details
Born	16 April 1888
Died	6 February 1969 (aged 80) Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
Nationality	British
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Occupation	Barrister and senior colonial judge

Sir Roger Evans Hall CBE (16 April 1888 – 6 February 1969) was a British barrister and colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States and the Protectorate of Uganda during the 1930s.

Early life and education

Hall was born on 16 April 1888. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1908.

Career

Hall went to the Gold Coast where in turn he served as District Commissioner, 1910; Crown Counsel, 1914; Senior Crown Counsel, 1915; Circuit Judge Ashanti and Northern Territories of Gold Coast, 1918; and Puisne Judge, 1921.

He served as Judge of the High Court, Northern Rhodesia in 1931, and was appointed Acting Governor, Northern Rhodesia in 1934. From 1935 to 1937, he served as Chief Justice of the Protectorate of Uganda, and from 1938 to 1939, he served as Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States. He then went to Bermuda where he acted in various capacities, including from 1941 to 1945 in the High Court of Admiralty, Prize Court, and was awarded the CBE for public services in 1955.

Personal life and death

Hall married Adelaide Trimingham in 1944. He died in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda on 6 February 1969.

Honours

Hall was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1937 New Years Honours. He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1955 Birthday Honours.