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Born: ♂ Ernest Alexander Inglis

April 16, 1887

Middletown, CT

Died: December 9, 1972

Middletown, CT

Spouse: Agnes Inglis (m. 1912)

Children: H. Thompson Inglis, Marion Waring, Jean Inglis Law, and twins Sandy Inglis and Dorothy Pritchard

Parents: Henry Dick Inglis and Sarah Emeline Horton Inglis

Early Life

Education

Middletown High School
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT: 1904-08
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT: high honors, 1911

Career

Practiced law in Middletown
State's Attorney for Middlesex County
Judge of the Superior Court: Dec. 1, 1930-March, 1950
Presided over Waterbury corruption trial, receiving nationwide attention: 1938-39
Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut: March, 1950-October, 1953
Chief Justice: October, 1953-1957
State Referee

Accomplishments

Middletown High School yearbook, 1904: "Ernest Alexander Inglis / Class President (1,2); Class Foot Ball team (2); Junior Promenade Committee (3); Member M.H.S.D.S. (3,4); Entertainment Committee (4); M.H.S. Foot Ball team (4); Chairman Base Ball Committee M.H.S.A.A. (4); Associate Editor Orange and Black (4); Graduation Essay."

A N.Y. Times article of Nov. 2, 1929, announced that Ernest Alexander Inglis would be lecturing on criminal law at the Yale Law School for the second term. A Times article of 1935 said that he granted a divorce decree to James Thurber.

Ernest A. Inglis Memorial Resolution

Agnes Inglis biographical letters

Wesleyan University class of '08 letter

Remembrances

From about 1954 to 1970, there were four Inglis family gatherings each year: Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The venue rotated, mostly among Tom's home in West Hartford, Sandy's home in Canton, and Marion and Deryck's summer home at Kelsey Point. The Laws came from Cortland, NY whenever they could. I don't think the Pritchards ever came, because Dorothy didn't like to travel. There was also a special get-together for Ernest and Agnes's golden anniversary in the summer of 1962, at Pat and Sandy's place.
Once in a while we dined at Grandfather Inglis's home. There was a button under the carpet, under the dining table. It was used to summon the help. Grandfather Inglis generally smoked a cigar after dinner.
-Reed Gwillim Law Jr.

Every time we ate together at Mansfield Terrace Grandfather Inglis smoked a cigar at the end of the meal.
-Reed Gwillim Law Jr.

We would walk to church and he would smoke his cigar on the way. When we got to church he would leave the cigar on a back step, and then collect it again after church.
-Jean Inglis Law

Health

Lost most of his eyesight toward the end of his life. At age 80, he wrote, "I show my age in that my eyesight is bad, but aside from that I feel in very good health."

Faith

(See Wikipedia article)

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-Name: Ernest Alexander Inglis
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-Spouse: [[Agnes Inglis]] (m. 1912)
+'''Born:''' ♂ Ernest Alexander Inglis
-Children: [[H. Thompson Inglis]], [[Marian Waring]], [[Jean Inglis Law]], [[Sandy Inglis]], and [[Dorothy Pritchard]]
+:: April 16, 1887
-Parents: [[Henry Dick Inglis]] and [[Sarah Emeline Horton Inglis]]
+:: Middletown, CT
-Born: April 16, 1887, Middletown, CT
+'''Died:''' December 9, 1972
-Died: December 9, 1972, Middletown, CT
+:: Middletown, CT
+----
+'''Spouse:''' [[Agnes Inglis]] (m. 1912)
+'''Children:''' [[H. Thompson Inglis]], [[Marion Waring]], [[Jean Inglis Law]], and twins [[Sandy Inglis]] and [[Dorothy Pritchard]]
+'''Parents:''' [[Henry Dick Inglis]] and [[Sarah Emeline Horton Inglis]]
+== Early Life ==
+== Education ==
+* Middletown High School
 * Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT: 1904-08
 * Yale Law School, New Haven, CT: high honors, 1911
+== Career ==
 * Practiced law in Middletown
+* State's Attorney for Middlesex County
 * Judge of the Superior Court: Dec. 1, 1930-March, 1950
 * Presided over Waterbury corruption trial, receiving nationwide attention: 1938-39
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 * Chief Justice: October, 1953-1957
 * State Referee
+== Accomplishments ==
+Middletown High School yearbook, 1904:
+"Ernest Alexander Inglis / Class President (1,2); Class Foot Ball team (2); Junior Promenade Committee (3); Member M.H.S.D.S. (3,4); Entertainment Committee (4); M.H.S. Foot Ball team (4); Chairman Base Ball Committee M.H.S.A.A. (4); Associate Editor Orange and Black (4); Graduation Essay."
+A N.Y. Times article of Nov. 2, 1929, announced that Ernest Alexander Inglis would be lecturing on criminal law at the Yale Law School for the second term. A Times article of 1935 said that he granted a divorce decree to James Thurber.
 [[Ernest A. Inglis Memorial Resolution]]
-Letter from Agnes, dated Oct. 20, 1958:
+[[Agnes Inglis biographical letters]]
-"Your grandfather Inglis became a Superior Court judge in 1930 and a Supreme Court Justice in 1950. In 1953 he became Chief Justice and continued until his seventieth birthday in April of 1957. You can read about him in Who’s Who. ... Grandfather Inglis was an only child ...."
+[[Wesleyan University class of '08 letter]]
+== Remembrances ==
+<blockquote>
+From about 1954 to 1970, there were four Inglis family gatherings each year: Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The venue rotated, mostly among Tom's home in West Hartford, Sandy's home in Canton, and Marion and Deryck's summer home at Kelsey Point. The Laws came from Cortland, NY whenever they could. I don't think the Pritchards ever came, because Dorothy didn't like to travel. There was also a special get-together for Ernest and Agnes's golden anniversary in the summer of 1962, at Pat and Sandy's place.
+Once in a while we dined at Grandfather Inglis's home. There was a button under the carpet, under the dining table. It was used to summon the help. Grandfather Inglis generally smoked a cigar after dinner.
+-[[Reed Gwillim Law Jr.]]
+</blockquote>
+<blockquote>
+Every time we ate together at [[33 Mansfield Terrace | Mansfield Terrace]] Grandfather Inglis smoked a cigar at the end of the meal.
-Letter from Agnes, dated Oct. 27, 1958:
+-[[Reed Gwillim Law Jr.]]
-"Your grandfather was born April 16, 1887 and I was born September 19, 1888, both of us in Middletown. We both went to Middletown High School and were graduated from Wesleyan University. Grandfather also was graduated from Yale Law School with high honors. We were and are both Phi Beta Kappas .... He has two honorary degrees, D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law) and LL.D. (Doctor of Laws). For several years before he became a judge he was a member of the Bar Examining Committee and a director of the Russell Manufacturing Company. He is at present a Trustee of Wesleyan University; a Trustee of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation (for [philanthropic] giving); a Director of the Middletown Savings Bank. He enjoys very much the Conversational Club of which he has been a member since 1920. Also he enjoys the University Club of Middletown. His work as a State Referee keeps him as busy as he wants to be and is work which he enjoys. Also he has always been a prominent member of the South Congregational Church for many years. ... Tomorrow night grandfather is going to the annual dinner of the State Bar Association where he always is placed at the head table. He enjoys getting together with lawyers and judges because he has many friends among them."
+</blockquote>
-Middletown High School yearbook, 1904:
+<blockquote>
-"Ernest Alexander Inglis / Class President (1,2); Class Foot Ball team (2); Junior Promenade Committee (3); Member M.H.S.D.S. (3,4); Entertainment Committee (4); M.H.S. Foot Ball team (4); Chairman Base Ball Committee M.H.S.A.A. (4); Associate Editor Orange and Black (4); Graduation Essay."
+We would walk to church and he would smoke his cigar on the way. When we got to church he would leave the cigar on a back step, and then collect it again after church.
-Letter from Ernest, dated Aug. 22, 1967 (round-robin letter to Wesleyan class of 1908):
+-[[Jean Inglis Law]]
-"...After graduating from Yale Law School in 1911, I returned to Middletown to practice law. I continued in the practice until December 1, 1930 when I became a judge of the Superior Court. In March 1950 I went on the Supreme Court and in October 1953 became Chief Justice of the State. On reaching the age of seventy I had to retire as Chief Justice because of the age limit but then became a State Referee and I am still functioning as such.
+</blockquote>
-"In 1912 Agnes Thompson, 1910, and I were married. We have five children and nine grandchildren.
+== Health ==
+Lost most of his eyesight toward the end of his life. At age 80, he wrote, "I show my age in that my eyesight is bad, but aside from that I feel in very good health."
-"Living in Middletown I have been quite closely associated with Wesleyan. I became trustee in 1932 and continued as such until 1958 when I became trustee emeritus. Wesleyan has been kind enough to give me two honorary degrees. The first was a D.C.L. in 1943 and then an LL.D. in 1954.
+== Faith ==
-"At the present time as State Referee it is my function to hear cases referred by any one of the trial courts; decide the facts and report them to the court making the reference and recommending judgment. I quite enjoy this work because at least it given me something to occupy my mind and if one has to retire at all it is nice to have something to do...."
+(See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_A._Inglis Wikipedia] article)