Sir George Campbell Anderson (22 January 1805 – 1 March 1884) was
Chief Justice of the Bahamas
The Chief Justice of the Bahamas heads the Supreme Court of the Bahamas.
Legal basis
The position of Chief Justice is authorised by Article 93(2) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 94(1), the Governor-General appoints the Chief Jus ...
from 1875,
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 ...
, and
Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands
The chief justice of the Leeward Islands headed the Supreme Court of the Leeward Islands.
The British Leeward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960, and consisted of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, S ...
from 1877.
He was speaker of the
Bahamas House of Assembly
The Parliament of the Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Ass ...
from 1831 to 1868.
He died on 1 March 1884 at Kingston, Jamaica, aged 79.
Selected publications
* ''Statute Laws of the Bahamas''. London, 1862. (8 parts)
References
Chief justices of the Bahamas
Sri Lankan judges
Chief justices of the Leeward Islands
Knights Bachelor
1884 deaths
1805 births
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