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	'''Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] [[Queen's Counsel\|QC]]</small> (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985, aged 88) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the [[Colonial Service\|British Colonial Service]].		'''Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] [[Queen's Counsel\|QC]]</small> (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985, aged 88) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the [[Colonial Service\|British Colonial Service]].

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	In 1915, he joined the [[British Indian Army]] as an officer in the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]]. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the [[Battle of Sharqat]], during the campaign in [[Mesopotamia]] against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the [[Battle of Sharqat]]. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}} Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in [[Charsadda]], a district adjoining the [[Khyber Pass]].{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		In 1915, he joined the [[British Indian Army]] as an officer in the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]]. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the [[Battle of Sharqat]], during the campaign in [[Mesopotamia]] against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the [[Battle of Sharqat]]. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}} Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in [[Charsadda]], a district adjoining the [[Khyber Pass]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}}

	===Legal career===		===Legal career===
	In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was [[call to the bar\|called to the London Bar]] in 1924 by [[Gray's Inn]].{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}} After a short time practising at the London Bar, he became a partner in the firm of [[Drew & Napier]] in [[Singapore]]. In Singapore, he met and married Margaret Helen Wise, the eldest daughter of the rubber planter Percy Furlong Wise, of the Devonshire dynasty.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}} As Chairman of the Straits Settlements Association, O'Connor played a key role in planning the civilian evacuation of the island in the event of a [[Japanese Occupation of Singapore\|Japanese invasion]]. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to [[Sumatra]]. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled ''Four Men in a Boat''. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to [[Australia]], where he later joined them.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was [[call to the bar\|called to the London Bar]] in 1924 by [[Gray's Inn]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}} After a short time practising at the London Bar, he became a partner in the firm of [[Drew & Napier]] in [[Singapore]]. In Singapore, he met and married Margaret Helen Wise, the eldest daughter of the rubber planter Percy Furlong Wise, of the Devonshire dynasty.{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}} As Chairman of the Straits Settlements Association, O'Connor played a key role in planning the civilian evacuation of the island in the event of a [[Japanese Occupation of Singapore\|Japanese invasion]]. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to [[Sumatra]]. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled ''Four Men in a Boat''. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to [[Australia]], where he later joined them.{{citation needed\|date=May 2012}}

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	'''Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] [[Queen's Counsel\|QC]]</small> (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the [[Colonial Service\|British Colonial Service]].		'''Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] [[Queen's Counsel\|QC]]</small> (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985, aged 88) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the [[Colonial Service\|British Colonial Service]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	===India===		===India===
	In 1915, he joined the [[British Indian Army]] as an officer in the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]]. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the [[Battle of Sharqat]], during the campaign in [[Mesopotamia]] against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the [[Battle of Sharqat]]. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2012~~}} Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in [[Charsadda]], a district adjoining the [[Khyber Pass]].{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2012~~}}		In 1915, he joined the [[British Indian Army]] as an officer in the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]]. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the [[Battle of Sharqat]], during the campaign in [[Mesopotamia]] against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the [[Battle of Sharqat]]. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}} Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in [[Charsadda]], a district adjoining the [[Khyber Pass]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}}

	===Legal career===		===Legal career===
	In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was [[call to the bar\|called to the London Bar]] in 1924 by [[Gray's Inn]].{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2012~~}} After a short time practising at the London Bar, he became a partner in the firm of [[Drew & Napier]] in [[Singapore]]. In Singapore, he met and married Margaret Helen Wise, the eldest daughter of the rubber planter Percy Furlong Wise, of the Devonshire dynasty.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2012~~}} As Chairman of the Straits Settlements Association, O'Connor played a key role in planning the civilian evacuation of the island in the event of a [[Japanese Occupation of Singapore\|Japanese invasion]]. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to [[Sumatra]]. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled ''Four Men in a Boat''. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to [[Australia]], where he later joined them.{{citation needed\|date=May ~~2012~~}}		In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was [[call to the bar\|called to the London Bar]] in 1924 by [[Gray's Inn]].{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}} After a short time practising at the London Bar, he became a partner in the firm of [[Drew & Napier]] in [[Singapore]]. In Singapore, he met and married Margaret Helen Wise, the eldest daughter of the rubber planter Percy Furlong Wise, of the Devonshire dynasty.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}} As Chairman of the Straits Settlements Association, O'Connor played a key role in planning the civilian evacuation of the island in the event of a [[Japanese Occupation of Singapore\|Japanese invasion]]. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to [[Sumatra]]. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled ''Four Men in a Boat''. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to [[Australia]], where he later joined them.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}}

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{{short description|British soldier and lawyer, later judge}}
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'''Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]</small> (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the [[Colonial Service|British Colonial Service]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
O'Connor was born in [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], [[British India]]. He was the second child of the Revd. William O'Connor and Emma (née Kennedy). He was educated at [[Saint Columba's College, Dublin]] where he was a chorister and cricketer. From here he won a choral scholarship to [[Worcester College]], Oxford but was unable to take it up due to the [[First World War]].

===India===
In 1915, he joined the [[British Indian Army]] as an officer in the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]]. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished and meritorious services" at the [[Battle of Sharqat]], during the campaign in [[Mesopotamia]] against the Turks. Sir Kenneth later wrote a short account of the [[Battle of Sharqat]]. After the war he left the Indian Army with the rank of captain, though he was later made an honorary colonel.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Having left the army, he joined the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, serving as the British District Commissioner in [[Charsadda]], a district adjoining the [[Khyber Pass]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

===Legal career===
In 1922, he left India and returned to England, where he was [[call to the bar|called to the London Bar]] in 1924 by [[Gray's Inn]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} After a short time practising at the London Bar, he became a partner in the firm of [[Drew & Napier]] in [[Singapore]]. In Singapore, he met and married Margaret Helen Wise, the eldest daughter of the rubber planter Percy Furlong Wise, of the Devonshire dynasty.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} As Chairman of the Straits Settlements Association, O'Connor played a key role in planning the civilian evacuation of the island in the event of a [[Japanese Occupation of Singapore|Japanese invasion]]. He escaped from Singapore in a small, open sailing boat with unsuitable sails and a children's atlas for navigation. Despite these impediments, with three others, he successfully sailed to [[Sumatra]]. O'Connor later wrote a short account of this adventure, entitled ''Four Men in a Boat''. He had already evacuated his young family (Anthony, born 1933 and Hugh, born 1940) to [[Australia]], where he later joined them.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

===Colonial Legal Service===
In 1943, having joined the Colonial Legal Service, O'Connor was appointed [[Attorney General]] of [[Nyasaland]]. After the war he returned to Singapore to reconstruct the legal practice of Drew & Napier. In 1946, he was appointed [[Attorney General of Malaysia|Attorney General]] of the [[Malayan Union]] and in 1948, [[Attorney General of Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite news|title= Kenya Gazette|date= 4 January 1949}}</ref> In 1951, O'Connor was appointed [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]] in which position he served until 1954. He was knighted in 1952.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39597|page=3815|date=15 July 1952}}</ref>

In 1954, he was recalled to [[Kenya]] as [[Chief Justice]], serving until 1957.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40110|page=1174|date=23 February 1954}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 February 1954 |title=The Church House, Westminster, S.W.1 5th February, 1954 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40110/page/1174/data.pdf |url-status=live |newspaper=The London Gazette |issue=40110 |location=London |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622193737/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40110/page/1174/data.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-22 |access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/page/our-history|title= Our History|publisher= Republic of Kenya|accessdate= 2 October 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151004022001/http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/page/our-history|archive-date= 4 October 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> During his time as Chief Justice of Kenya, the [[Mau Mau Uprising]] was at its peak. O'Connor was the senior presiding judge in many Mau Mau trials, the most notable being that of [[Dedan Kimathi]], whom O'Connor sentenced to death in 1957.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kabukuru |first=Wanjohi |date=March 2007 |title=From 'terrorist' to national hero |journal=New African |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5391/is_200703/ai_n21283946/pg_2 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> O'Connor finished his legal career as President of the [[Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa]] from 1957 to 1962, with jurisdiction over [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History – The Judiciary of Kenya|url=https://www.judiciary.go.ke/about-us/our-history/|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

===Later life===
Following independence, Sir Kenneth and Lady O'Connor retired to their house, Buckland Court, in [[Surrey]], [[England]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kirk|first=Connie Ann|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-m4HuV1_7IC&q=lady+o%27connor+retirement&pg=PA13|title=Critical Companion to Flannery O'Connor|year=2008|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0846-9}}</ref> Sir Kenneth died on 13 January 1985, aged 88.<ref>{{Cite web|title=kenneth death - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=kenneth+death&sclient=psy-ab|website=www.google.com|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

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