H. W. Macleod

Last updated

Hector William Macleod was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1886 until 1889.

Macleod was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony in 1880. He succeeded Sir N. Lessingham Bailey as Chief Justice in 1886 and was succeeded by Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson in 1889. [1]

Related Research Articles

Chief Justice of South Africa

The Chief Justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of all the courts.

William Stawell

Sir William Foster StawellKCMG was a British colonial statesman and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Stawell was the first Attorney-General of Victoria, serving from 1851 to 1856 as an appointed official sitting in the Victorian Legislative Council, and from 1856 until 1857, as an elected politician, representing Melbourne.

George Strahan

Major Sir George Cumine Strahan was a British military officer and colonial administrator, best known as the Governor of Tasmania from 1881 to 1886.

Chief Justice of Ghana Highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana

The Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The chief justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision. In order of state precedence, the chief justice is the fourth highest official in Ghana.

Sir John Pickersgill Rodger was a British colonial administrator.

Hector Mor Maclean of Dowart, or Eachann Mór Maclean in Scottish Gaelic, or Hector the Great, was the 16th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from 1623 to his death in 1626. Mór or Mor translates as great when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic. He resided at Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. He was the first Chief of MacLean to not produce an heir in four hundred years, breaking the direct male line from Gillean of the Battle Axe, the founder of the clan to himself. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet.

Sir Roderick Macleod of Macleod (1573–1626), also known as Rory Mor, was the 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod.

William Brandford Griffith (judge)

Sir William Brandford Griffith, CBE was a British legal writer and colonial judge who was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1895 to 1911.

The Chief Justice of Belize is the head of the Supreme Court of Belize. Under Chapter 7 of the Constitution of Belize, the Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister.

P. A. Smith was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1878 until 1879. He was appointed in place of Sir David Patrick Chalmers and was succeeded by Sir James Marshall in 1880.

Meigh Goodman Chief Justice of Hong Kong

Sir William Meigh Goodman was a British lawyer and Judge. He served as Attorney General and Chief Justice of British Honduras and Hong Kong in the late 19th and early 20th Century.

Francis Smith was a Sierra Leonean Puisne Judge in the Gold Coast. He was the second Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister after he passed the bar at Middle Temple on 26 January 1871.

Joseph Turner Hutchinson

Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson was an English judge who served as the 19th Chief Justice of Ceylon.

Sir Alexander Wood Renton was a Scottish lawyer and British colonial judge. He served as the 21st Chief Justice of Ceylon from 1914 to 1918.

The New Year Honours 1891 were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by people of the United Kingdom, British India and in the British Empire.

John Smalman Smith was a British judge who served as Chief Justice of the Colony of Lagos in 1889 and as Vice President of the Royal African Society. His judicial work contributed to the growth of Nigerian law in the closing years of the nineteenth century.

William Edward Maxwell Colonial Administrator

Sir William Edward Maxwell, was a British colonial official who served as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements and Governor of the Gold Coast, then a British colony.

Sir George Campbell Deane was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1929 until 1935. He took the office from Sir Philip Crampton Smyly in 1929 and was succeeded by Sir Philip Bertie Petrides in 1936.

Newman Lessingham Bailey was the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1882 until 1886. He took the office after Sir James Marshall in 1882 and was succeeded by H. W. Macleod in 1886.

Sir David Patrick Chalmers was a British colonial judge who served as the first Chief Justice of the Gold Coast from 1876 until 1878. He also had judiciary appointments in other British colonies like the Gambia Colony, British Guiana, Colony of Jamaica and Newfoundland colony.

References

  1. "List of Chief Justices". 2019-02-17. Archived from the original on 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2019-09-24.