Carl Douglas Aarvold

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Carl Douglas Aarvold,TD was an England Rugby Union International[1] who in later life became Recorder of London[2]. Born on 7 June 1907 he was educated at Durham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and from 1928 until 1933 played 16 times for his country, captaining the side 6 times[3]. Called to the bar [4], two years later he married Noeline Hill at St George Hanover Square[5]. Embarking on a legal career, which was to take him to the top of his profession, by 1951 he was the Recorder of Pontefract [6]and then Judge of the Lord Mayor's and City of London Court[7](later Common Serjeant[8]). By now Master of the Inner Temple he was promoted to be Senior Judge at The Old Bailey in 1964 and knighted in 1968. A long serving president of the Lawn Tennis Association he died on 17 March 1991; his wife in 2005[9].

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  1. ^ Sporting achievements
  2. ^ Amongst other cases he presided at the 1965 trial of the Kray twins
  3. ^ ”Centenary History of the Rugby Football Union”:WcWhirter,R/Titley,U.A: London, RFU,1970 ISBN 0143273701
  4. ^ in 1932 The Times, Thursday, Oct 27, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46275; col E "Bar Examinations Michaelmas Results"
  5. ^ The marriage yielded three sons “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  6. ^ The Times, Friday, Apr 06, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51968; col D "Recorder Of Pontefract"
  7. ^ The Times, Wednesday, Mar 31, 1954; pg. 5; Issue 52894; col B "Mr. C. D. Aarvold Category: Official Appointments and Notices- Additional Judge of Mayor's and City of London Court"
  8. ^ The Times, Wednesday, Nov 11, 1959; pg. 12; Issue 54615; col F "Appointment Of City Common Serjeant"
  9. ^ Wife dies