Ernest Alexander Inglis

Born: ♂ Ernest Alexander Inglis

April 16, 1887

Middletown, CT

Died: December 9, 1972

Middletown, CT

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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

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

Anecdotes

(Reed Gwillim Law, Jr. remembers:) 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.

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)