Sonia Proudman

Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman, DBE (30 July 1949 – 22 July 2023), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Proudman, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Education

Proudman was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[1] She was one of the first female winners of the Eldon Scholarship.[2]

Career

Proudman was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn in 1972. She became a Bencher in 1996 and a Recorder in 2000. She was a Deputy High Court Judge from 2001 to 2008, until she was appointed to the Chancery Division on a full-time basis. She was the second woman assigned to the Chancery Division, after Mary Arden.

Proudman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.

Proudman retired from the bench on 2 October 2017.[3]

Death

Sonia Proudman died on 22 July 2023, at the age of 73.[4][5]

Arms

Proudman obtained a grant of arms in 2009. [6]

Coat of arms of Sonia Proudman
Escutcheon
Gules a Cross voided throughout Or surmounted by a Peacock in his pride proper perched upon a Cartwheel Argent.
Motto
Auctoritate Paulisper Ornatus

References
  1. "LMH, Oxford - Prominent Alumni". Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. "Eldon Scholarship Award Holders since 1919". Oxford University. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman DBE". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.
  4. "We regret to inform you of the passing of Dame Sonia Proudman DBE". Radcliffe Chambers. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. "Dame Sonia Cartwright (née Proudman)". The Times. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. "October 2009 Newsletter (No. 22) - College of Arms".
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