Alfred Lucie-Smith
Sir Alfred van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith (1854 – ?) was British colonial judge.
Lucie-Smith was the second son of Sir John Lucie-Smith, a former Chief Justice of Jamaica, and his wife Marie, eldest daughter of J. R. van Waterschoodt.[1] He was educated a Rugby School and from 1877 worked as a solicitor in British Guiana.[2]
In 1881 he was called to the bar by the Middle Temple and a year later became acting Solicitor General of British Guiana.[2] Lucie-Smith was sent to Cyprus in 1887 and there was appointed president of a district court in Famagusta.[2] After five years, he was transferred to another court in Limassol.[2] Smith was nominated an Acting Queen's Advocate in 1893 and was attached to Constantinople in 1895 as an Acting Consular Judge.[2] Only a year later he came to Kingston, Jamaica, where he acted as the parish's resident magistrate.[2] In 1898, Lucie-Smith returned to British Guiana, having been made a Puisne Judge.[3] He stayed in this office until 1908 and received then an appointment as Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago.[4] Lucie-Smith was created a Knight Bachelor in 1911[5] and retired as judge in 1924.[6]
On 15 August 1885, he married Rose Alice, seventh daughter of Edward Leopold Aves at the church Nuestra Señora del Monte in Demarara.[7] After her death, he remarried 4 September 1901, in Kensington, Mary Meta Ruth Palmer Ross, daughter of Sir David Palmer Ross, at some time Surgeon-General of British Guiana.[8] Lucie-Smith was father of six sons and a daughter.[6] His son John served also as a judge and was Chief Justice of Sierra Leone.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Reade (1904), p. 213
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Debrett (1922), p. 480
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26927. p. 83. 7 January 1898. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28161. p. 5420. 24 July 1908. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28469. p. 1462. 24 February 1911. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 Who's Who (1947), p. 1693
- ↑ "Marriage Notices". The Times. 15 September 1885.
- ↑ "Marriages" The Times (London). Friday, 6 September 1901. (36553), p. 1.
References
- Reade, Compton (1904). The Smith Family. London: Elliot Stock.
- Who's Who 1947. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1947.
- Debrett, John (1922). Arthur G. M. Hesilrige, ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son Ltd.
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| Preceded by Sir Ernest Alfred Northcote |
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago 1908–1924 |
Succeeded by Sir Stanley Fisher |