Bernacchi, Brook Anthony, 1922-1996
- GB-2014-WSA-20573
- Person
- 1922-1996
Bernacchi, Brook Anthony, son of Lieut.-Cdr Louis Charles Bernacchi OBE RNVR, Polar explorer, and Winifred Edith, d. of Alfred Hellier Harris, farmer, of Donnington, Sussex; b. 3 Jan. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A); left July 1939; RM 1941-46 (Maj.), serving in Egypt and Far East; seconded Army Legal Service Oct. 1945; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in absentia 1943; adm. to practise as barrister in Hong Kong 1946; JP (Hong Kong) 1957; QC 1960; OBE 1965; chairman Reform Club of Hong Kong 1951-; member of several local govt authorities in Hong Kong 1952-, with special responsibility for the theatre and the arts; Worshipful Company of Arbitrators 1987, FCIArb; m. 8 Apr. 1970 Patricia Sheelagh Heath MChS SRCh, d. of Maj. Horace Godfrey Heath, Police Superintendent (Control Commission); d. 22 Sep 1996.