Gerald Hosker
Sir Gerald Albery Hosker, KCB (born 28 July 1933) is a retired British lawyer and public servant.[1]
Early life and education
Born in 1933, Sir Gerald is the son of Leslie Reece Hosker and Constance Alice, née Hubbard. He was educated at Berkhamsted School.[1]
Career
Legal career
He became an articled clerk at Derrick Bridges & Co. in 1951, but after being admitted a solicitor in 1956 he worked for Clifford Turner & Co., before joining the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1960. After several promotions, he was appointed an under-secretary in the Department in 1982, before serving as Deputy Treasury Solicitor between 1984 and 1987. He was then Legal Adviser to the Department of Trade and Industry until his appointment in 1992 as HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, in which office he served until retiring in 1995.[2]
Post-retirement
In 1998 the Secretary of State for Defence appointed him as a trustee of the Royal Air force Museum; he retired in 2009.[2] In February 1999, Hosker was appointed by the Paymaster General to conduct an Inquiry into the Customs and Excise aspects of the Simon de Danser drugs case[3] and in 2001 he conducted an inquiry on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions into the handling of the C W Cheney & Sons Pension Fund by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.[4]
Honours and awards
Hosker was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1987 and advanced to Knight Commander in 1995. He was made an honorary Queen's Counsel in 1991.[2]
References
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1968. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|editorlink=ignored (|editor-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Hosker, Sir Gerald (Albery)", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Botched drug raid had Minister's approval", The Herald Scotland, 12 February 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Darling appoints QC to Cheney inquiry", The Telegraph, 7 February 2001.