Sir Francis Joseph Soertsz KC (14 March 1886 – 10 January 1951) was an Acting

Chief Justice of Ceylon The Chief Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head of the judiciary of Sri Lanka and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Established in 1801, the Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are ...

who served on three occasions in 1939, 1945 and 1946. Soertsz was born in 1886, the son of Francis William and Emily Josephine Soertsz. He was educated at

Saint Joseph's College, Colombo , motto_translation = In Knowledge and Virtue , location = T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10 , country = Sri Lanka , coordinates = , caption = School Facade , pushpin_m ...

and the Law College of Ceylon. He was knighted in the

1947 New Year Honours The 1947 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were published on 31 December 1946.Operational M ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soertsz, Francis 1886 births 1951 deaths Sri Lankan Roman Catholics Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo Ceylonese Knights Bachelor Ceylonese Queen's Counsel 20th-century Sri Lankan people Acting Chief Justices of British Ceylon Burgher judges People of British Ceylon