Sonia Proudman

Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman, DBE (30 July 1949 – 22 July 2023), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Proudman, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Education

Proudman was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[1] She was one of the first female winners of the Eldon Scholarship.[2]

Career

Proudman was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn in 1972. She became a Bencher in 1996 and a Recorder in 2000. She was a Deputy High Court Judge from 2001 to 2008, until she was appointed to the Chancery Division on a full-time basis. She was the second woman assigned to the Chancery Division, after Mary Arden.

Proudman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.

Proudman retired from the bench on 2 October 2017.[3]

Death

Sonia Proudman died on 22 July 2023, at the age of 73.[4][5]

Arms

Proudman obtained a grant of arms in 2009. [6]

Coat of arms of Sonia Proudman
Escutcheon
Gules a Cross voided throughout Or surmounted by a Peacock in his pride proper perched upon a Cartwheel Argent.
Motto
Auctoritate Paulisper Ornatus

References

  1. ^ "LMH, Oxford - Prominent Alumni". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Eldon Scholarship Award Holders since 1919". Oxford University. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman DBE". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ "We regret to inform you of the passing of Dame Sonia Proudman DBE". Radcliffe Chambers. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Dame Sonia Cartwright (née Proudman)". The Times. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ "October 2009 Newsletter (No. 22) - College of Arms".