Alured Dumbell Explained

Sir Alured Dumbell MLC (12 January 1835[1] – 12 March 1900) was a senior judge who was Clerk of the Rolls of the Isle of Man.

Dumbell was born in Douglas, the son of the well-known banker, lawyer and politician George Dumbell MHK and Mary Gibson, and was educated at a private school in Douglas. He then entered the firm of Harris and Adams as a law student. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and soon acquired a large practice in the north of the island. He became High Bailiff of Ramsey in 1873 then Second Deemster in 1880, and finally Clerk of the Rolls in 1883.[2]

He was knighted in the 1899 Birthday Honours list,[3] and later the same year acted as Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man during the prolonged absence through illness of the Lieutenant-Governor Lord Henniker.[4]

Dumbell died of paralysis in the brain on 12 March 1900.[5]

Family

Dumbell married, in 1875, Mary Rolston, daughter of Major Rolston, of the Indian Army.

Offices of State

Notes and References

  1. Isle of Man, Select Births and Baptisms, 1821-1911
  2. http://ocotilloroad.com/geneal/rolston1.html Rolston Family
  3. Birthday Honours . 3 June 1899 . 11 . 35846.
  4. http://www.irazoo.com/ViewSite.aspx?q=alured+dumbell&Page=&irp=&Site=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/exans/prt_1900.htm Sir Alured Dumbell
  5. Obituary – Sir Alured Dumbell . 13 March 1900 . 7 . 36088.