Arthur Ridehalgh

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Arthur Ridehalgh QC (1907–1971) was a British government lawyer who held senior posts in several colonies, ending his career as Attorney General of Hong Kong. Born in Barrowford, Lancashire, he studied at Terra Nova Preparatory School, Birkdale School, Sedbergh, and Wadham College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1929 and worked on the Northern Circuit in Manchester before taking colonial offices: Crown Attorney and Magistrate in St Kitts (1935); Crown Counsel in the Gold Coast (1939); and Solicitor General of Nigeria (1946), sometimes acting as Attorney General. He became King's Counsel in 1949.

In 1952 he was appointed Attorney General of Hong Kong, and he was made QC there in 1953. He was described as a considerate and hardworking chief who looked after his staff. He retired from British service in 1962 (his Hong Kong post ending in 1961) and returned to North Wales. He died on 7 September 1971 at age 64.