Sir Thomas Forrest Garvin II, KC (8 August 1881 – 19 June 1940) was a Ceylonese (

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n) judge and lawyer. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and

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.Knighthood for Ceylonese Puisne Judge
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/ref> Born to Dr Thomas Forrest Garvin and Grace Louisa Vander Smagt, he was educated at Royal College Colombo and

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. In 1903 he became an

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and began his legal practice and became the third Crown Counsel in 1908. He was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel in 1912; he went on to serve as acting Solicitor General and Additional District Judge of Colombo before he was confirmed in the appointment of Solicitor General in 1915. He served in this capacity until 1924 and served as acting Attorney General on several occasions. In this capacity he was an

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of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. In 1924 he was appointed as a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and went on to serve as acting Chief Justice on three occasions. He retired from the bench in 1935 and was made a Knight Bachelor in the

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; previously he was appointed a

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. Garvin married Madeleine Louise Alvis, daughter of

Arthur Alvis Arthur Alvis (16 June 1856 – ??) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Educated at S. Thomas' College, Alvis was enrolled as an proctor in 1878, practicing in the district courts and la ...

, proctor and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

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