Stanley Rees

Sir Stanley Rees
Born	Charles William Stanley Rees (1907-11-30)30 November 1907 Port Elizabeth, South Africa[1]
Died	13 December 2000(2000-12-13) (aged 93) Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Occupation	Judge

Sir Charles William Stanley Rees (30 November 1907 – 13 December 2000) was a British barrister and High Court judge.[2]

Early life

Rees was born on 30 November 1907. He went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown,[3] after which he went to University College, Oxford, where he read Law. He practised law in London from 1931.[2]

Military and legal career

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Rees became an officer in the Royal Artillery, 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[4]

In 1957, Rees became a barrister and in 1962 was appointed a judge[5] in the Family Division of the High Court[6][7] and was knighted in the same year.[2]

References

1. New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
2. "Sir Stanley Rees". The Daily Telegraph. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
3. Poland 2008, p. 470.
4. "No. 42575". The London Gazette. 19 January 1962. p. 501.
5. "No. 34637". The London Gazette. 20 June 1939. p. 4157.
6. Butler & Drakeford 2012, p. 92.
7. "Jet". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 5 March 1964. ISSN 0021-5996.

Sources

• Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.
• Butler, Ian; Drakeford, Mark (2012). Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of Welfare. Policy Press. ISBN 978-1-84742-867-7.

External links

• Portraits of Stanley Rees at the National Portrait Gallery, London