C. G. Alabaster

Sir Chaloner Grenville Alabaster OBE KC (1880–1958) was a British lawyer who served as Attorney General of Hong Kong in the 1930s.

Alabaster was the son of Chaloner Alabaster a British consular official in China. He was born in Hankow China in 1880.

He was educated at Tonbridge School

He was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1904 and practised on the Western Circuit until 1909. In 1907 he published a book the Law Relating to the Transactions of Money-lenders and Borrowers.

A newspaper of the time when describing him mentioned his "consummate skill", "very few young men have commanded the admiration of so many intelligent people" and "he is a young man of great intellectual distinction and is endowed with a judgement of rare clearness and sagacity"

While in London he served as secretary of the China Association.

In 1909, he married Mabel Winifred Mary, M.B.E daughter of Col E.P. Mainwaring of the Indian Army.

In 1909, Alabaster left England to practice as a barrister in Hong Kong.

In September 1913, he was admitted to practice before the British Supreme Court for China in Shanghai in a hearing where by special dispensation he was allowed not to be present. Alabaster had been in Shanghai the week before his admission and was returning the week after. The Acting Judge, FSA Bourne, was not in Shanghai when Alabaster was there so allowed his admission to be moved in his absence. In 1915, he appeared in the United States Court for China As a barrister admitted to the British Supreme Court for China, by courtesy, he was allowed to appear before the United States Court for China.

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