Sir William Henry Doyle (born 1823, Nassau, Bahamas) is believed to be the first (1873) Bahamian knighted by a British monarch. He was appointed
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 J ...
on the 20th October 1864, after the resignation of John Campbell Lees. He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas, a position he was appointed to in 1858.
In March 1875, he was appointed as
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 ...
and later appointed as
Chief Justice of Gibraltar
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the Chief Justice was appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar on the advice of the British Foreign and Commonwealt ...
from 1877 to 1879.
[Hutchinson, John. ]
A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices
'. p. 78.
References
Chief justices of Gibraltar
Year of death missing
1823 births
People from Nassau, Bahamas
Chief justices of the Bahamas
19th-century Gibraltarian judges
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