Researching Reginald Gray
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The name Reginald means "King" and is of Teutonic origin.
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Reginald Gray (barrister)
Sir Reginald Gray KC (29 December 1851–15 September 1935) was a Bermudian barrister and politician.
The son of Sir Samuel Brownlow Gray, Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Bermuda, Gray was educated at Burlington House School in London and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1875.
Returning to his native Bermuda to practise, he was a member of the House of Assembly from 1895 until 1928. He served as Attorney-General of Bermuda from 1900 to 1919 and Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1921 to 1929.
In 1884, Gray compiled Laws of Bermuda from 1690 to 1883. In 1903 he updated the work to 1902.
He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours.
Gray was also the Croquet Open Champion in 1875 and runner up in 1874 and 1876.
Source: Reginald Gray (barrister), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaReginald Gray (artist)
Reginald Gray (1930 – 29 March 2013) was an Irish portrait artist. He studied at The National College of Art (1953) and then moved to London, becoming part of the School of London led by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. In 1960, he painted a portrait of Bacon which now hangs in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. He subsequently painted portraits from life of writers, musicians and artists such as Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Brendan Behan, Garech Browne, Derry O'Sullivan, Alfred Schnittke, Ted Hughes, Rupert Everett and Yves Saint Laurent. In 1993 Gray had a retrospective exhibition at UNESCO Paris and in 2006, his portrait "The White Blouse" won the Sandro Botticelli Prize in Florence, Italy.
Source: Reginald Gray (artist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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