Harold Chorley

Charles Harold Chorley, CB (10 June 1912 – 22 December 1990) was a British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman.

Born in 1912, he was the son of Arthur R. Chorley (died 1918) of Leeds.^[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and graduated with a BA in 1933. Called to the bar the next year,^[2] he joined the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1938,^[3] and was appointed a Parliamentary Counsel in 1950. Promotion to Second Parliamentary Counsel followed in 1968, but Chorley retired the following year.^[2] He had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959.^[3]

Chorley died on 22 December 1990; he was survived by his two children, but his wife had predeceased him (dying in 1980).^[3]

References[edit]

^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (1969), p. 455.
^ ^a ^b Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (1973), p. 2546.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Chorley, (Charles) Harold", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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Preceded by Sir John Fiennes	Second Parliamentary Counsel 1968–1969	Succeeded by Sir Stanley Krusin

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[1] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (1969), p. 455.

[debretts-2] Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (1973), p. 2546.

[WhWaWh-3] "Chorley, (Charles) Harold", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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