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Arthur Strachey
Office 6th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Office Judge of Bombay High Court




Term start 12 November 1898
Term end 14 May 1901
Predecessor Louis Addin Kershaw
Successor John Stanley





Born 1858-12-5
Born Calcutta, British India
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Place of death Simla, British India






Alma mater Trinity Hall, Cambridge



Sir Arthur Strachey (5 December 1858 – 14 May 1901) was a British Indian judge and Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.

Early life

Strachey was born in Calcutta, British India to Sir John Strachey and Katherine Jane Batten.[1][2] He was educated at Uppingham and afterwards at Charterhouse. He graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1880 with second class in the Law Tripos. He got the LL.B. degree and was called to the bar from the Inner Temple in 1883.[3]

Career

Strachey returned to British India and started practice at Allahabad High Court at Allahabad. In 1892, he became public prosecutor and standing counsel to the Provincial Government. In 1895 Strachey became a judge of the Bombay High Court. He presided at the first trial for sedition case of Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1897.[4] On 12 November 1898, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court[5] and knighted on 30 January 1899.[6] He died on 14 May 1901 in Simla while still being chief justice of Allahabad High Court.[3]

References

  1. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  2. 1871 England Census
  3. 3.0 3.1 Template:Cite DNB12
  4. Emperor vs Bal Gangadhar Tilak(9 November 1916). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. Edinburgh Gazette(1898-12-13).
  6. The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time{{#if:Volume 1|, Volume 1}. Genealogical Publishing Com(1970). ISBN 9780806304434

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