Name Peston Ginwala | ||
Peston Padamji Ginwala (9 February 1919 – 2 July 2008) also known as Pesi Ginwala was a noted senior barrister from India, working at Calcutta High Court.
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He was born on 9 February 1919 at Rangoon to Sir Padamji Pestonji Ginwala also a noted barrister, economist and public figure of British India and British Burma. Peston had done his education from Charterhouse School, London, completed his law at Balliol College, Oxford and was called at bar at Inner Temple. He moved to Calcutta in 1945 and started his career at Calcutta High Court. Peston was married to Hilla, in whose name he also later started a scholarship named The Hilla Ginwala Scholarship worth £10,000 per year for needy students from India, willing to study at Oxford University He was noted for his legal acumen and expertise. He also served as a director in various companies like Indian Iron & Steel Co. promoted by Calcutta-based industrialist, Sir Ranjen Mookerjee and others.
He died in Kolkata in July 2008.