John Udal
| John Symonds Udal | |
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| 8th Attorney General of Fiji | |
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In office 1889–1899 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor |
Sir John Thurston Sir George T. M. O'Brien |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Pollock |
| - Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands | |
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In office 1900–1911 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor |
Francis Fleming Sir Henry Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1848 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 13 March 1925 (aged 76) St John's Wood, London, England |
| Resting place | Symondsbury, Dorset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Mary Adelina Routh m. 8 August 1878 |
| Children | 3 daughters, 2 sons |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
| Profession | Lawyer, Cricketer, Author |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1871-1875 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 24 July 1871 MCC v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 22 February 1895 Fiji v Taranaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 11 October 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Symonds Udal (10 November 1848 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England – 13 March 1925 in London) was an English-born cricketer, antiquarian, author, lawyer and judge. He represented the Fiji national cricket team. He also held government office in Fiji for many years, serving as Attorney-General from 1889 to 1899. He later served as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands (1900 - 1911).
Educated initially at Bromsgrove School, where he became an accomplished cricketer, Udal went on to train as a barrister at Queen's College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at London's Inner Temple in November 1875, and went on to practice Law on the Western Circuit before becoming Attorney General of Fiji in September 1889. He also became Admiralty Advocate of Fiji.
Udal served as Attorney General of Fiji from 1889 to 1899, and as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands from 1900 to 1911.
While serving as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, Udal successfully sued James Townsland Allen, editor of the Montserrat Herald, for libel. On 1 November 1910, Allen was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment after a jury found him guilty on two counts of "wickedly and maliciously contriv[ing] and intend[ing] to scandalise and vilify the said John Symonds Udal in his office of Chief Justice of the said Colony, and to cause it to be believed that the said John Symonds Udal was not a fit and proper person to administer justice in his said office." In particular, the jury condemned Allen for these words: "We as laymen certainly disapprove of His Honour's conduct which to say the least of it was not only ungracious and undignified, but savoured very much of mean cowardice, calculated to bring the administration of justice into contempt."
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