Hermann Albert Loos information

Hermann Albert Loos
Hermann Albert Loos
Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
	In office; 1921–1931
Acting Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
	In office; 1919–1920
Personal details
Born	21 July 1865; Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	?
Spouse	Minnie Evelyn Gratiaen
Relations	Frederick Charles Loos (Father)
Alma mater	University College London, University of Cambridge

Hermann Albert Loos (21 July 1865-????) was a Ceylonese lawyer, judge and legislator. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

Born in Colombo to Frederick Charles Loos, member of the Legislative Counci and Jane Harriet Keith, he was educated privately before studying at the City of London School, University College, London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge graduating in 1887 and was called to the bar as a barrister at the Inner Temple. On his return to Ceylon he was admitted as an advocate of the Supreme Court and became private secretary to Justice Lovell Burchett Clarence. He started his own practice in the unofficial bar in 1890, and joined the Attorney General's Department as Acting Office Assistant and Additional Crown Counsel. In 1899 he was appointed Additional Crown Counsel and in 1903 he was appointed Office Assistant and Crown Counsel. He served as District Judge of Colombo. He married Minnie Evelyn Gratiaen and they had seven children.^[1]

He was elected as an unofficial member in the 1921 legislative council election and was nominated in 1924 as an unofficial member by the Governor to the Legislative Council of Ceylon.^[2]

The Hermann Loos Championship Trophy has been awarded annually since 1917 to the best performing cadet platoon of the National Cadet Corps at its annual camp at Diyathalawa.^[3]

^ Wright, Arnold. Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. p. 565.
^ Ceylon Blue Book. Registrar-General's Dept Ceylon. 1923. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "Hermann Loos Championship Trophy". Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[1] Wright, Arnold. Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. p. 565.

[2] Ceylon Blue Book. Registrar-General's Dept Ceylon. 1923. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[3] "Hermann Loos Championship Trophy". Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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Hermann Albert Loos

Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
In office 1921–1931
Acting Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
In office 1919–1920

Personal details
Born	(1865-07-21)21 July 1865 Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	?
Spouse	Minnie Evelyn Gratiaen
Relations	Frederick Charles Loos (Father)
Alma mater	University College London, University of Cambridge