Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Burnside (26 July 1833 – 10 August 1909) was the 16th Chief Justice of Ceylon and 25th

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Career

He served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas from November 1866 to February 1867. He was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon on 21 May 1883 succeeding

Jacobus de Wet Sir Jacobus Petrus de Wet (25 August 1838 – 19 April 1900) was the 15th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 31 May 1882 succeeding Richard Cayley and was Chief Justice until 29 May 1883. He was succeeded by Bruce Burnside. de Wet was ...

and served as Chief Justice until 1889. He was succeeded by John Winfield Bonser. Harry Dias Bandaranaike acted as Chief Justice from 9 January to 6 June 1888 when Burnside and Lovell Clarence went on leave. Clarence acted from November 1890 to February 1891 when Burnside and Bandaranaike retired.

Personal life

Burnside was born to John and Mary Burnside. His son

Robert Bruce Burnside Robert Bruce Burnside (22 April 1862 – 8 August 1929) was an Australian barrister and judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Western Australia from December 1902 until his death. Burnside was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to Mary Elizabeth (née ...

was a judge on the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnside, Bruce Chief Justices of British Ceylon 19th-century Sri Lankan people 20th-century Sri Lankan people Sri Lankan people of British descent British expatriates in Sri Lanka 19th-century British people 1833 births 1909 deaths Attorneys General of British Ceylon People from Nassau, Bahamas Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas