Conolly Gage | |
Constituency Mp: | Belfast South |
Term Start: | 26 July 1945 |
Term End: | 4 November 1952 |
Predecessor: | William Stewart |
Successor: | David Campbell |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1905 |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Spouse: | Elinor Nancy Martyn |
Alma Mater: | Cambridge University Inner Temple |
Profession: | Barrister, Judge |
Conolly Hugh Gage (10 November 1905 – 3 October 1984) was a British politician and judge.
A nephew of Sir Denis Henry, Bt., Gage was educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1930,[2] and built up a London practice. In 1932, he married Elinor Nancy Martyn.
In 1939, Gage joined the Royal Artillery as a gunner. With the First Canadian Army in the Second World War, he became lieutenant colonel and assistant judge advocate general.[3]
He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Belfast South in 1945, resigning in 1952. He was also Recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon from 1950 to 1952, a County Court judge from 1958 to 1971 and a circuit judge from 1972 to 1978.[1]
His son, William Gage, was also a judge.