Sir Travers Humphreys | |
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Justice of His Majesty's High Court of Justice | |
In office 18 February 1928 – 1 October 1951 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bloomsbury, England | 4 August 1867
Died | 20 February 1956 South Kensington, England | (aged 88)
Spouse | Zoë Marguerite Neumans |
Children | Richard Grain Humphreys (1897–1917) Travers Christmas Humphreys (1901–83) |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Sir Richard Somers Travers Christmas Humphreys (4 August 1867 – 20 February 1956) was a noted British barrister who, during a sixty-year legal career, was involved in the cases of Oscar Wilde and the murderers Hawley Harvey Crippen, George Joseph Smith and John George Haigh, the 'Acid Bath Murderer', among many others.