- Henry Grattan Nolan
Henry Grattan Nolan, MC (
May 5 ,1893 –July 8 ,1957 ) was a Canadian lawyer and jurist.Born in
Calgary, Alberta , the son of Patrick James "Paddy" Nolan, a criminal defence lawyer, and Mary Elizabeth Lee, he received aBachelor of Arts degree from theUniversity of Alberta in 1914 and was awarded aRhodes scholarship for Alberta in 1915. However, he enlisted in the army duringWorld War I and received aMilitary Cross in 1918 for his service. He was wounded atCambrai , inFrance .After the war, he received a second
Bachelor of Arts in 1921 fromOxford University . He was called to the English and Alberta bar. He returned back to Calgary to practice law.During
World War II , he served with the Canadian Army becoming a Vice-Judge Advocate General with the rank of Brigadier. From 1945 to 1948, he was a prosecutor before theInternational Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo.On March 1, 1956, he was appointed to the
Supreme Court of Canada and served barely a year until his death in 1957 at the age of 64.In 1928, he married Doris Margery McCarter. They had two daughters, Moira and Shelagh.
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* [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/nolan/index_e.asp Henry Grattan Nolan] at the [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/ Supreme Court of Canada]
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