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Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, KBE, CMG, QC (18 April 1906 – 15 March 2006) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both Attorney-General for Northern Rhodesia and Chief Justice of Gibraltar during his long legal career.

He attended Stonyhurst College and Manchester University (LLB Hons) and studied law at Gray's Inn, where he was called to the bar in 1930. He was in private practice from 1930 to 1937 before accepting the post as a Crown Counsel in Northern Nigeria. He afterwards served as Attorney-General of Northern Rhodesia (1951–56) and of the Federation of Nigeria (1956–60) before serving two years as Federal Justice of the Federal Supreme Court. ^[1]

He then took the post of Chief Justice of Nyasaland (1962–64) and was appointed Chief Justice of Gibraltar the following year. He was knighted in 1963.

At the time of his death, he was the second to last surviving holder of the title “King's Counsel”, which was discontinued in 1952 upon the accession of Elizabeth II to the Crown.

Death

He died in 2006, a month before his centenary. He never married.

External links

Obituary notice

Sources

Burke's Peerage & Gentry LLC. (Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition)
Burke's Peerage Partnership. (Burke's Landed Gentry 18th Edition)

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-'''Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, [[KBE]], [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]''' (18 April 1906 – 15 March 2006) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both [[Chief Justice of Gibraltar]] and as Attorney-General for [[Northern Rhodesia]] during his long legal career.
+'''Sir Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, [[KBE]], [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]''' (18 April 1906 – 15 March 2006) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as both Attorney-General for [[Northern Rhodesia]] and [[Chief Justice of Gibraltar]] during his long legal career.
-He attended [[Stonyhurst College]] and [[Manchester University]] (LLB Hons) and studied law at [[Gray's Inn]], where he was [[called to the bar]] in 1930. He was in private practice from 1930 to 1937 before accepting the post as a Crown Counsel in Northern Nigeria. He afterwards served as [[Chief Justice of Nyasaland]] until 1964 and was appointed [[Chief Justice of Gibraltar]] the following year. He was knighted in 1963.
+He attended [[Stonyhurst College]] and [[Manchester University]] (LLB Hons) and studied law at [[Gray's Inn]], where he was [[called to the bar]] in 1930. He was in private practice from 1930 to 1937 before accepting the post as a Crown Counsel in Northern Nigeria. He afterwards served as Attorney-General of Northern Rhodesia (1951–56) and of the Federation of Nigeria (1956–60) before serving two years as Federal Justice of the Federal Supreme Court. <ref> {{cite book|title= Blue Book|page=856)) </ref>
+He then took the post of [[Chief Justice of Nyasaland]] (1962–64) and was appointed [[Chief Justice of Gibraltar]] the following year. He was knighted in 1963.
 At the time of his death, he was the second to last surviving holder of the title “[[King's Counsel]]”, which was discontinued in 1952 upon the accession of [[Elizabeth II]] to the Crown.