Henry Cadogan Rothery

Henry Cadogan Rothery

Henry Cadogan Rothery (1817 – 2 August, 1888) was an English lawyer and wreck commissioner, especially remembered for chairing the inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster in 1879.

Life

Rothery was born in London. His father was William Rothery, chief of the office of the King's Proctor in Doctors' Commons. Henry was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1840, as nineteenth wrangler in the mathematical tripos, and M.A. in 1845. After leaving the university he entered Doctors' Commons, and from 1842 practised in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts. On 26 November 1853 he was appointed registrar of the admiralty court. Soon after, he became registrar of the Privy Council in ecclesiastical and maritime cases. In 1860 he was made legal adviser to HM Treasury in questions and proceedings arising out of the slave trade. On account of his large experience gathered in the court of admiralty, in 1876 he was appointed commissioner to inquire into the causes and circumstances of wrecks, and to conduct investigations into casualties at sea. He began his duties towards the close of 1876. His inquiries indicated many preventible causes of maritime losses. ["The Times", 3 Aug. 1888 "p."10, 6 Aug. "p."9, 8 Aug. "p."9] His judgments on fire at sea in coal-laden vessels, on certain methods of stowing grain, on ship stability, and on overloading were especially valuable.

Personal life

He married Madelina, "née" Garden, in 1851 but the couple had no children. He retired in the early summer of 1888 and died at Ribsden, Bagshot, Surrey.

References

Bibliography

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*Rothery, H. C. (1853) "Suggestions for an Improved Mode of Pleading, and of taking Oral Depositions in Causes conducted by Plea and Responsive Allegation"
*— (1868) "Return of all Appeals in Cases of Doctrine or Discipline made to the High Court of Delegates", ("Rothery's Precedents") printed by order of the House of Commons
*— (1873) "A Defence of the Rule of the Admiralty Court in Cases of Collisions between Ships"
*Squarey, T. F. (1882) "A Digest of the Judgments in Board of Trade Inquiries into Shipping Casualties, delivered by H. C. Rothery from 1876–1880, with a Chapter on the Procedure of the Court"


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