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'''Sir Hale Horatio Shephard''' (1842 &ndash; 19 April 1921) was a British lawyer who served as the [[Advocate-General of Madras|Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency]] in 1885 and acted as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in 1898.<br />
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== Early and family life ==<br />
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Hale Horatio Shephard was the son of John Shephard and was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]]. He studied law at the [[Inner Temple]] and was [[called to the bar]] in 1867.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Shephard entered the India service as a [[barrister]] at the [[India Office]] in 1867. He was appointed Professor of law at the [[Presidency College, Madras]] in October 1873 and in 1881, was made a fellow of the [[Madras University]]. In March 1885, he was appointed [[Advocate-General of Madras|Advocate General]] of the [[Madras Presidency]] and thereby a member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]].<br />
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In January 1888, he was appointed officiating judge of the [[Madras High Court]] and confirmed in July 1889. He also officiated as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in 1898, before retiring in July 1901.<br />
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In April 1902 he was appointed a legal adviser and solicitor to the [[Secretary of State for India]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |day_of_week=Friday |date=25 April 1902 |page_number=7 |issue=36751}}</ref><br />
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He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1908.<br />
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Shephard died on 19 April 1921 at [[Biarritz]].<br />
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==Family==<br />
Shephard married, in 1876, Agnes Rideout, daughter of Major-General J. W. Rideout. Their second son, [[Gordon Strachey Shephard]], rose to the rank of brigadier-general, but was killed in [[World War I]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book | title=The India List and India Office List| last=Great Britain India Office| year=1905| publisher=Harrison and Sons| location=London|pages=611}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Dictionary of Indian Biography| url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft| last=Buckland| first=C. E.| year=1906| pages=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft/page/387 387]| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co| location=London}}<br />
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