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Belcher, Charles Frederic
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1876–1970
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Sir Charles Frederic Belcher OBE was an Australian lawyer, author, British colonial jurist and amateur ornithologist.
Born in Geelong, Victoria, C.F. Belcher was a son of G.F. Belcher, a former member of the Victorian Legislative Council. He was called to the bar first in Melbourne, and then, in 1909, at Gray's Inn, London. He entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1894, where he studied Law.
For much of his life he served the British Colonial Service in Africa and elsewhere. He was variously a magistrate in Uganda, Assistant Judge in Zanzibar, Puisne Judge in Kenya, Member of the Appeals Court of East Africa, Attorney General and later High Court Judge of Nyasaland, Chief Justice of Cyprus (1927–1930) and President of the Appeal Court of the West Indies. In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, an office he held for the next seven years.
Born in Geelong, Victoria, C.F. Belcher was a son of G.F. Belcher, a former member of the Victorian Legislative Council. He was called to the bar first in Melbourne, and then, in 1909, at Gray's Inn, London. He entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1894, where he studied Law.
For much of his life he served the British Colonial Service in Africa and elsewhere. He was variously a magistrate in Uganda, Assistant Judge in Zanzibar, Puisne Judge in Kenya, Member of the Appeals Court of East Africa, Attorney General and later High Court Judge of Nyasaland, Chief Justice of Cyprus (1927–1930) and President of the Appeal Court of the West Indies. In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, an office he held for the next seven years.
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