Sir John Edward Power Wallis (3 November 1861 – 8 June 1946) was a British lawyer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1900 to 1906, and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1914 to 1921.

Early life and education

Wallis was born in 1861, son of John Edward Wallis, of

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, formerly of London and the

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and sometime editor and proprietor of Catholic weekly ''

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''. He was educated at

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, Durham, and the University of London (M.A.), and was called to the bar in 1886 from the

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. He served for some time as a reader in Madras before being appointed the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency in January 1900, succeeding

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Legal career

Wallis served as the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency from 1900 to 1906. He was also nominated to the

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and served as an ex-officio member from 1904 to 1906. In 1907, Wallis was appointed judge of the Madras High Court and officiated as Chief Justice from July to October 1914. In November 1914, his appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court was confirmed, and he served as such until 1921. On 19 August 1926, he was appointed to the

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. He was a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Madras University in 1908. In 1903, he married Dorothea Margaret, daughter of William Richardson Fowke.''Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the Landed Gentry'', 1914, pg 2578

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References

* * http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Wallis,_Sir_John_Edward_Power

External links

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