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SIR RUPERT ALFRED KETTLE (1817-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 763 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:RUPERT See also:ALFRED See also:KETTLE (1817-1894)  , See also:English See also:county See also:court See also:judge, was See also:born at See also:Birmingham on the 9th of See also:January 1817 . His See also:family had for some See also:time been connectedwith the See also:glass-staining business . In 1845 he was called to the See also:bar, and in 1859 he was made judge of the See also:Worcestershire county courts, becoming also a bencher of the See also:Middle See also:Temple (1882) . He acted as arbitrator in several important strikes, and besides being the first See also:president of the Midland See also:iron See also:trade See also:wages See also:board, he was largely responsible for the formation of similar boards in other See also:staple trades . His name thus became identified with the organization of a See also:system of See also:arbitration between employers and employed, and in 188o he was knighted for his services in this capacity . In 1851 he married; one of his sons subsequently became a See also:London See also:police See also:magistrate . See also:Kettle died on the 6th of See also:October 1894 at See also:Wolverhampton .

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