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Sir Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley) Hurst
1877–1957
A barrister, judge, MP, and historian of empire, he wrote with the range of someone who moved easily between scholarship and public life. His books on colonial policy and British imperialism reflect a lawyer’s eye for structure and an early-20th-century politician’s interest in power.
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With Manchesters in the East
by Sir Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley) Hurst
About the author
Born in Bradford on December 4, 1877, Sir Gerald Berkeley Hurst built a varied career in law, politics, and academic writing. He studied at Oxford, later taught law and colonial history at the University of Manchester, and published works including The Old Colonial System (1905), British Imperialism in the Eighteenth Century (1908), and The Manchester Politician (1912).
He was also active in public life. Hurst became a King's/Queen's Counsel, served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Manchester Moss Side, and later worked as a county court judge. That mix of legal training, parliamentary experience, and historical study helps explain the practical, institutional focus of his writing.
He died on October 27, 1957. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources checked, so none is included here.