Background
He was born at Birmingham on the 9th of January 1817. His family had for some time been connected with the glass-staining business.
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Rupert Alfred Kettle
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In 1845 he was called to the bar, and in 1859 he was made judge of the Worcestershire county courts, becoming also a bencher of the Middle Temple (1882). He acted as arbitrator in several important strikes, and besides being the first president of the Midland iron trade wages board, he was largely responsible for the formation of similar boards in other staple trades.
On 24 November 1882, Kettle was elected a bencher of the Middle Temple. In 1892 he resigned his office of county court judge, finding that his labours in connection with arbitration occupied the greater part of his time.
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On 18 December 1851 he married Mary (died 13 July 1884), only child and heiress of William Cooke of Merridale. They had a son.
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1894 (aged 76) -
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Wolverhampton cemetery, England, United Kingdom -
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English