Richard Sturt, Esq, OBE's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Richard Harry Brooke
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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OBE (2008)
- Date of Birth
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14/11/1939
- Surname
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STURT
- Style
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Richard Sturt, Esq, OBE
- Recreations
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cricket, singing, bridge, genealogy, fly fishing
Richard Sturt, Esq, OBE's Professional Career
- Career
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admitted slr 1966, sr ptnr Mowll & Mowll 1984-2001 (ptnr 1967-84); slr Dover Harbour Bd 1979-2001, slr and clerk to govrs King's Sch Canterbury 1979-91; registrar of Canterbury Dio and legal sec to Bishop in Canterbury 1996-2009; dep coroner E Kent 1972-79, HM Coroner for Kent (E Kent) 1979-2001; conducted inquests into: Herald of Free Enterprise disaster 1987, Deal Barracks explosion 1990, M2 coach crash 1994, 58 Chinese immigrants 2000; lectr Police Staff Coll 1990-97; memb Bd CAA 1990-96, chm AIRPROX Review 1997-98; memb WaterVoice Nat Cncl 2001-2005, chm WaterVoice Southern Ctee 2001-2005, memb Consumer Cncl for Water 2005-07; dir: Waldershare Park Farms Ltd 1989-2007, Rubie Estates Ltd 1995-, Grosvenor Lifestyle plc 1996-2001, E Kent Hosps Univ NHS Fndn Tst 2001-10, Canterbury Festival Fndn 2002-10 (chm 2006-10); chm: Invicta Sound plc 1984-91, Northbourne Park Fndn 2004-; fndr and chm E Kent Holiday Music Tst 1979-; pres St John Ambulance Dover Div 2000-06, memb Cncl St John Kent 2006-; govr: Betteshanger Sch 1978-80, Northbourne Park Sch 1980-85 and 1993-2010 (dep chm 1999-2001, chm 2001-10), King's Sch Canterbury 1991-2007, Cumnor House Sch 1996-2001, Canterbury Christ Church UC 2001-05, Canterbury Christ Church Univ 2005-10; tstee: Kent Branch Br Red Cross 1991-97, Cicely Stockmann Memorial Fund 1985-2008, Canterbury Theatre and Festival Tst 1999-2010, Soc of Genealogists 2010- (vice-chm 2012-); memb Canterbury Cathedral Transitional Cncl 1998-2002; Hon DCL Univ of Kent 2001; hon fell Canterbury Christ Church Univ 2011-; FRSA 1990
Richard Sturt, Esq, OBE's Publications
- Books and Publications
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Fishery Protection and Foreign Sea Fishing Boats (1973), contrib sections on Fisheries, Ports and Harbours, European Communities in Halsbury's Laws of England (4 edn), The Role of the Coroner in Major Disasters (1988), The Collision Regulations (3 edn, 1991), contrib Fisheries section in Vaughan on The Law of the European Communities (2 edn, 1993)
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