St John Gore Micklethwait J.P. 1870-1951. Born at Ardsley, Yorkshire; of Penhein, Maesygwenith, Chepstow. Educated Clifton and New College Oxford (M.A, B.C.L.) Married 4 August 1898 Annie Elizabeth. Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple 1893. Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple 1921. Reader 1930, Treasurer 1933, Recorder of Reading from 1923. Appointed King's Counsel 1927. Deputy Chairman 1934-36, Chairman 1936-45. Middlx. Qtr. Sessions, Dep. Chairman Monmouthshire Qtr. Sessions from 1935, Chancellor of the Diocese of Monmouth 1935-38, Chairman of Merchandise Marks Committee of Board of Agriculture; Aliens' Tribunal; Tunbridge Wells 1939; Chairman Aliens Advice Committee, South Area 1940. Member of Governing Body and Representative Body of Church in Wales.