William Ogle Carr

Sir
William Ogle Carr
9th Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office
17 April 1854  1856
Appointed by George William Anderson
Preceded by Anthony Oliphant
Succeeded by William Carpenter Rowe
8th King's Advocate of Ceylon
In office
2 April 1833  1838
Preceded by William Norris
Succeeded by John Stark
Personal details
Born (1802-11-13)13 November 1802
George Street, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
Died 24 April 1856(1856-04-24) (aged 53)
Colombo, Western Province, British Ceylon
Resting place Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Maria Clement
Children William Ogle Carr
Clement Morton Carr
Frances Margaret Carr

Sir William Ogle Carr (13 November 1802 24 April 1856) was the ninth Chief Justice of Ceylon and eighth King's Advocate of Ceylon. He was appointed on 17 April 1854, succeeding Anthony Oliphant, and was Chief Justice until 1856. He was succeeded by William Carpenter Rowe.[1][2][3]

Carr took J. G. Hildebrand on the bench. In the following year he functioned as Senior Puisne Justice before being confirmed in the post. When Chief Justice Oliphant retired in 1854 Carr took the middle seat.[4]

References

  1. "Overview". Judicial Service Commission Secretariat. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. John Ferguson (1996) [1887]. Ceylon in the Jubilee Year (Repr. ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 254. ISBN 978-81-206-0963-1. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. "Sir William Ogle Carr, Knight". Family Search. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years. Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 955599000X.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Anthony Oliphant
Chief Justice of Ceylon
1854-1856
Succeeded by
William Carpenter Rowe
Preceded by
William Norris
King's Advocate of Ceylon
1833-1838
Succeeded by
John Stark
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