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Henderson, Sir Alan Gerald Russell, elder son of the Rev. Alexander Henderson, Rector of St. John, Canton, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, by Gertrude, daughter of Capt. Arthur Harrison, R. A., of Bournemouth, Rants; b. March 22, 1886; adm. as Q.S. (from Felsted Grammar School) Sept. 28, 1899; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1909; arrived in India Nov. 27, 1910, and served in East Bengal and Assam as Asst. Magistrate and Collector; transferred to Bengal April 1912; joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Dec. 1915; 1. A. R. O. Jan. - March 1918; District and Sessions. Judge from May 1923; Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, 1935-46; knighted 1945; m. Dec. 12, 1922, Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Takle, of Brahmanbaria, Eastern Bengal; d. May 17, 1963.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963