Arthur Salter (judge)

Sir Arthur Salter
Salter in 1909
Justice of the High Court
In office 1917 – 30 November 1928
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Low
Succeeded by	Sir Malcolm Macnaghten
Member of Parliament for Basingstoke
In office 1906–1917
Preceded by	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys
Succeeded by	Auckland Geddes
Personal details
Born	Arthur Clavell Salter (1859-10-30)30 October 1859
Died	30 November 1928(1928-11-30) (aged 69)

Sir Arthur Clavell Salter (30 October 1859 – 30 November 1928) was a British Conservative Party politician and judge who sat on the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

Early life and education

Born to Dr Henry Hyde Salter, FRS (1823–71) and his wife Henrietta, Salter was educated at Wimborne Grammar School and King's College London, where he studied arts and law. He married Mary Dorothea (d. 1917) in 1894, daughter of Major J. H. Lloyd. Him and Mary had a daughter and a son, 2nd Lieutenant John Henry Clavell Salter, who was killed in action in World War 1 in 1918. After Mary's death, he married Nora Constance, of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Heathcote Ouchterloney.

Career

He was called to the Bar in 1885 by the Middle Temple, and joined the western circuit in the following year. He became a King's Counsel in 1904 and was elected as a Member of Parliament for Basingstoke in 1906, where he sat until his appointment as a High Court Judge in 1917, and sat on the Kings Bench Division. He also served as the Recorder of Poole from 1904 to 1917. During his tenure, he sat on a number of high-profile cases such as that of Horatio Bottomley in 1922, an MP. He served on the High Court until his death on 30 November 1928.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Salter