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'''Sir George Claus Rankin''' [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (12 August 1877 – 8 April 1946) was a British judge in India.<br />
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Rankin was born in [[Lamington, South Lanarkshire|Lamington, Lanarkshire]], the son of Rev. Robert Rankin. He was educated at the [[University of Edinburgh|University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A., and where his essay on “Democracy in literature” was awarded the Edinburgh University Club of London Triennial Prize in 1898]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rankin|first=George C.|date=1898|title=Democracy in literature|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/27236|language=en}}</ref> and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn and called to the bar in 1904. He served in the [[First World War]] with the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]].<ref>''Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900''</ref><br />
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He went to India in 1918<ref>George Claus Rankin, ''Background to Indian Law'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1946), p. vii.</ref> and served first as a puisne judge of the [[High Court of Calcutta]], and then as Chief Justice, from 1926 to 1934.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/pdf_files/former_chief_justice.pdf |title=Former Chief Justices of the High Court of Calcutta. |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822044941/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/pdf_files/former_chief_justice.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While in India, in 1919 he was given a temporary commission as Major in the Calcutta University Infantry of the [[Indian Defence Force]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31924/pages/6093/page.pdf ''London Gazette'', 1 June 1920, p. 609.]</ref><br />
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Upon his return to Britain, he was sworn to the [[Privy Council]],<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34146/pages/2121 ''London Gazette'', 29 March 1935, p. 2121.]</ref> entitling him to sit on the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]],<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34211/pages/6697/page.pdf ''London Gazette'', 25 October 1935, p. 6697.]</ref> at that time the [[court of last resort]] for India and other parts of the British Empire.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
*George Claus Rankin, ''Background to Indian Law'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1946).<br />
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