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William Gregory (Chief Justice)
William Gregory was Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec from 1764 to 1766. Little is known of Gregory beyond being a lawyer from London with a checkered past and legal issues. On February 17, 1764 Grergory was appointed to become Chief Justice of the King's Bench of the Province of Quebec along with George Suckling George Suckling was a lawyer who was appointed to be the first Chief Justice of the British Virgin Islands in 1776. Suckling's appointment was not popular in the islands, which were at the time a notorious haunt for the lawless and for those s ... as Attorney General. Gregory's lack of legal expertise in French civil law would result in his term as Chief Justice ending in 1766 and subsequently replaced by William Hey. References {{reflist Province of Quebec (1763–1791) judges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Suckling
George Suckling was a lawyer who was appointed to be the first Chief Justice of the British Virgin Islands in 1776. Suckling's appointment was not popular in the islands, which were at the time a notorious haunt for the lawless and for those seeking to evade their creditors elsewhere. He also served as a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1758 to 1759 and was the first Attorney General in Quebec, serving under James Murray from 1764 to 1766,''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) when he was removed from office. He was in Halifax in 1752, where he practised law and also was a merchant in partnership with William Nesbitt. In 1759, Suckling married Frances Duport, his second wife. In Quebec, he also served as advocate general for the Court of Vice-Admiralty. He left the province in 1771. Suckling's arrival in the Virgin Islands was successfully delayed by the Lieutenant Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hey (Chief Justice)
William Hey (c. 1733–1797) was a British lawyer who became Chief Justice of Quebec in 1766 and helped formulate the legal system for the province. He sat in the British House of Commons from 1774 to 1776. Early life Hey was the son of Thomas Hey (c1710-?), formerly a merchant of Venice, and his wife Elizabeth Markham, widow of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham. He was educated at Eton College in 1748 and was admitted at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1750. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1750 and was called to the bar in 1756. From 1763 to 1766 he was Recorder of Sandwich and deputy recorder of Dover. Chief Justice At the beginning of 1766 the attorney-general, Charles Yorke, recommended Hey for Chief Justice of Quebec and he was appointed on 3 February 1766. On 5 June he married Jane Faunce (1744–1772) daughter of Thomas Faunce (1705–1797) and Jane Faunce née Barrell (1705–1759). They left Plymouth in June and reached Quebec in September togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |