Robert James Hudson
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Major The Honourable Sir Robert James Hudson KCMG MC QC |
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| Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia | |
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In office 1943 – 15 May 1950 |
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| 1st Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia | |
| Appointed by | Sir Charles Coghlan |
| Member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 29 April 1924 – 6 September 1933 Serving with
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| Succeeded by | John Banks Brady |
| Constituency | Bulawayo North |
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15 May 1885 Mossel Bay, Cape Colony |
| Died | 17 June 1963 (aged 78) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |
| Political party | Rhodesia Party |
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Major Sir Robert James Hudson, KCMG, MC, QC (15 May 1885 – 17 June 1963) was twice acting Governor of Southern Rhodesia.
Born in Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, the son of George Matthews Hudson, Hudson was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where in 1908 he became the first South African to gain a half blue for tennis.
Hudson was called to the Bar Middle Temple in 1909 and moved to Rhodesia to practice as a barrister in Bulawayo.
Following the outbreak of World War I, Hudson served with the 1st Rhodesia Regiment in Southwest Africa and then moved to England to become a pilot for the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1917. While in England on active service, Hudson was called upon to give expert advice in a case involving mining in Rhodesia, which was later called "one of the most lengthy and costly court cases of its time."
Following the war, Hudson returned to Bulawayo and continued to work as a barrister, gaining praise as "the leading advocate in Southern Rhodesia." Following the confirmation of responsible government to Southern Rhodesia in 1923, the nation's first Premier Sir Charles Coghlan appointed Hudson Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia, an appointment considered "unusual" at the time as Hudson was not a member of Coghlan's Rhodesia Party.
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