Thomas Braddell

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Sir Thomas Braddell (1823 - 1891)[1] was an Irish lawyer, the first Attorney-General of Singapore.

He was born in Rahingrany, County Wicklow[1] and called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1859.[2] He took the role of Attorney-General of Singapore from 1 April 1867 to 1 January 1883. In 1883, his son Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell was himself Attorney-General and, with his brother Robert Wallace Lee Braddell founded the Singapore legal firm of Braddell Brothers.[2]

In the 1850s, he published historical works on the early settlement of Singapore in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Irish people in Singapore. Irish Graduates Association of Singapore (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ a b History. The Attorney-General's Chambers. Singapore Government. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  3. ^ Cornelius, V. (2004). Braddell Road. Singapore Government. Retrieved on 2008-02-16. 

[edit] Bibliography

  • Braddell, R. St.J (1983). The Law of the Straits Settlements: A Commentary. South East Asia: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195825594. 
  • Makepeace, W. et al. (eds) (1991). One Hundred Years of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, pp423-431. ISBN 0195885724. 
  • Samuel, D. S. (1939). Malayan Street Names: What they Mean and Whom they Commemorate. Ipoh: Mercantile Press, p.'86. 
Preceded by
new foundation		 Attorney-General of Singapore
1867-1883		 Succeeded by
John Augustus Harwood