Sir William Henry Doyle (born 1823, Nassau, Bahamas) is believed to be the first (1873) Bahamian knighted by a British monarch.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on the 20th October 1864, after the resignation of John Campbell Lees.[2] He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas, a position he was appointed to in 1858.[3]
Sir William Henry Doyle | |
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Chief Justice of Gibraltar | |
Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands | |
In March 1875, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands and later appointed as Chief Justice of Gibraltar from 1877 to 1879.[4]
References
edit- ^ The Nassau Guardian, 3 January 1874, pg. 1
- ^ Nassau Guardian, 26 October 1864, p. 1
- ^ The Times (London, England), 1 May 1879.
- ^ Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 78.
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