Michael David Thomas
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Michael Thomas CMG, QC, SC |
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| Attorney General of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1983–1988 |
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| Governor |
Edward Youde David Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Calvert Griffiths |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Fell Mathews |
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| Born | 8 September 1933 |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Lena Mary (m.1958 div.1978) Gabrielle Blackmore (m.1981 div.1988) Lydia Dunn (m.1988) |
| Relations | Cardigan Thomas (father) Kathleen Thomas (mother) |
| Alma mater |
Chigwell School London School of Economics Middle Temple |
Michael David Thomas, CMG, QC, SC (born on 8 September 1933; Chinese: 唐明治) is a retired barrister, who served as the penultimate Attorney General of Hong Kong before the Transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997. He served the post from 1983 to 1988, under the Governorships of Sir Edward Youde and Lord David Wilson.
Thomas was born to parents Cardigan and Kathleen Thomas in southeast England. He attended Chigwell School and later the London School of Economics. He received a Middle Temple Blackstone Entrance Scholarship in 1952. He was called to the Middle Temple and became a barrister in 1955.
Until 1983 in England, Thomas specialised in commercial and maritime law. He was Treasury Counsel for the Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy as a junior and advised on the 'Torrey Canyon' casualty. He acted for the Tribunal at several maritime inquiries and an inquiry into an aircraft crash near Heathrow.
He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1973. He was appointed a bencher of Middle Temple in 1981.
In silk, he appeared as counsel before tribunals in England (including the House of Lords and Privy Council), Singapore, Hong Kong, New York and Lisbon. He sat as Chairman of Boards of Investigation appointed by the UK government and by the Liberian government into shipping casualties.
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