Sir Charles Cyril Gerahty (17 June 1888 – 6 June 1978) was a British colonial judge who became Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sir Charles Cyril Gerahty | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1888 Epping, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Died | 6 June 1978 Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Colonial judge |
| Office | Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Spouse | Ethel Murray (m. 1915) |
He was born near Epping, Essex, as the second son of civil servant Charles Echlin Gerahty, from a family from Dungannon, County Tyrone.
He entered the Middle Temple in 1906 to study law and was called to the bar on 23 June 1909.[1] After military service in the First World War, he joined the British Colonial Legal Service and served in a judicial capacity in Cyprus before being appointed Attorney General there in 1926.[2] In 1932, he moved to the Straits Settlements as a puisne judge and in 1934 to Malta as Legal Advisor to the government there. From 1937 to 1943, he was Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
He was knighted in the 1939 Birthday Honours.[4]
He married Ethel Murray in 1915. Their son, born in Cyprus, was Colonel Peter Gerahty. He died in Sussex in 1978.
References
edit- ^ "Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple" (PDF). Middle Temple. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Former Attorneys General". Law Office of the Republic of Cyprus. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "No. 34397". The London Gazette. 11 May 1937. p. 3108.
- ^ "No. 34633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1939. p. 3853.