Sir John Wither Awdry DL (21 October 1795 – 31 May 1878)[1] was an English judge who worked in India.
Born at Swindon, he was the second and oldest surviving son of John Awdry and his wife Jane, the second daughter of Lovelace Bigg.
[2] Awdry was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1822 and became a bencher in 1830, on whose occasion he was created a Knight Bachelor.
[2] In 1839, he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay, resigning from this post after three years.
[2] After his return to England, Awdry served as chairman of the Quarter Sessions in Wiltshire and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant from 1852.