Underhill, Walter Richard Dacre

He was a son of Captain (S) Richard Walter Underhill, RCNVR, OBE.

In 1955, he graduated with his law degree.

He was also awarded the Mackenzie King Scholarship at the London School of Economics. After graduation he commenced the practice of law with the Ladner Downs firm.

In 1964, the Government of Canada appointed Richard to provide development assistance to the newly formed Republic of Tanzania. The work was in a setting of political instability, danger and excitement. It included the conversion of the country’s legal system from that of a colony to that of an independent state, the drafting of Tanzania’s constitution, the establishment of the law faculty at the University of Dar es Salaam and the training of the bench.

In 2015 he was a lawyer on Bowen Island BC practising as a sole practitioner from Bowen Island, BC with focus on commercial transactions, intellectual property, land development and estate and trust matters.

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 16/01/1950).

He served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD 1949-1952.

He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (with seniority dated 01/07/1952). (He was released.)

In 1985 was one of the founders of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, an international network of prominent law firms engaged in Pacific Rim practice.