Lord William Hunter

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Lord William Hunter was a British judge and colonial administrator best known for leading the Hunter Commission that investigated the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge
colonial administrator
person
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
employer UK government
surface form: "British Government"

Government of India
ethnicGroup Scottish
fieldOfWork colonial administration
law
hasRole commission chair
investigator of colonial violence
honorificTitle Lord
jurisdiction British India
United Kingdom
knownFor chairing the Hunter Commission
investigation of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
languageSpoken English
memberOf British judiciary
name Lord William Hunter
surface form: "William Hunter"
notableEvent Jallianwala Bagh massacre inquiry
notableWork Hunter Commission report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
occupation colonial administrator
judge
lawyer
partOf British Empire legal system
surface form: "British colonial legal system"
placeOfActivity India
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
positionHeld chair of the Hunter Commission
member of the Hunter Commission
subjectOf historical studies on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
scholarly works on British imperial justice

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hunter Commission chairperson Lord William Hunter
Lord William Hunter name Lord William Hunter
this entity surface form: "William Hunter"
Hunter Commission namedAfter Lord William Hunter

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