Charles Wray

Charles Wray (c. 1786- 2 October 1836) was Chief Justice of Guyana for fourteen years from 1821 to 1835, having been a barrister in England.

Wray was the son of Colonel John Wray, of Park Place, St James's,[1] formerly of Hull, and the brother of another John Wray, the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police from 1829 to 1860. He was educated at Shrewsbury, then took a B.A. (1807) and M.A. (1810) from Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

He was called to the bar in 1811 from Lincoln's Inn, and worked on the Northern Circuit; he was then nominated Recorder of Hull. In 1821, he was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana, and served in this capacity until 1835. He was also a Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of the George Town Brigade of Militia.[3] Shortly after his retirement, Wray died, on 2 October 1836.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Rz7Yv9ZTaiEC&pg=PA380&dq=John+Wray+Park+Place&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi00OLq4uXKAhXKDxoKHVKTAsYQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=John%20Wray%20Park%20Place&f=false
  2. ↑ http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2016.pl?sur=Wray&suro=w&fir=Charles&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50
  3. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qbUNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Charles+Wray+Guiana&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSus2b4eXKAhXCORoKHTGUBowQ6AEITzAJ#v=onepage&q=Wray&f=false
  4. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vvhfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA671&dq=Charles+Wray+Chief+Justice&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ3PniweTKAhWB0xoKHUIuAPIQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Wray%20Chief%20Justice&f=false
  5. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D3g1AAAAIAAJ&q=Blackheath+Charles+Wray&dq=Blackheath+Charles+Wray&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y
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