BRITAIN’S FIRST COLOURED J.P.—Mr E. G. Irons, who was sworn in as a Nottingham Magistrate last week, talks with Alderman C. Cameron, chairman of the Nottingham Magistrates, outside the Guildhall. He presided at Court after the ceremony. A 41-year-old Jamaican, Mr Irons is Britain’s first coloured J.P. He is a married man with five children. He went to Britain during the war and served with the R.A.F. Some years ago, Mr Irons helped to form the Nottingham Commonwealth Citizens’ Association.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29828, 22 May 1962, Page 15
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80BRITAIN’S FIRST COLOURED J.P.—Mr E. G. Irons, who was sworn in as a Nottingham Magistrate last week, talks with Alderman C. Cameron, chairman of the Nottingham Magistrates, outside the Guildhall. He presided at Court after the ceremony. A 41-year-old Jamaican, Mr Irons is Britain’s first coloured J.P. He is a married man with five children. He went to Britain during the war and served with the R.A.F. Some years ago, Mr Irons helped to form the Nottingham Commonwealth Citizens’ Association. Press, Volume CI, Issue 29828, 22 May 1962, Page 15
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