George Claus Rankin
Sir George Clause Rankin PC was a British judge in India. He went to India in 1918[1] and served first as a puisne judge of the High Court of Calcutta, and then as Chief Justice, from 1926 to 1934.[2] While in India, in 1919 he was given a temporary commission as Major in the Calcutta University Infantry of the Indian Defence Force.[3]
Upon his return to Britain, he was sworn to the Privy Council,[4] entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,[5] at that time the court of last resort for India and other parts of the British Empire.
Publications
George Claus Rankin, Background to Indian Law (Cambridge: University Press, 1946), p. vii.
References
- ↑ George Claus Rankin, Background to Indian Law (Cambridge: University Press, 1946), p. vii.
- ↑ Former Chief Justices of the High Court of Calcutta.
- ↑ London Gazette, 1 June 1920, p. 609.
- ↑ London Gazette, 29 March 1935, p. 2121.
- ↑ London Gazette, 25 October 1935, p. 6697.
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