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Name: MURISON, James William, Sir

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Birth Date: 23.3.1872 Aberdeen

Death Date: 28.8.1945 Hove

Nationality: British

First Date: 1902

Profession: Registrar of Documents EAP then Town Magistrate Msa. 1904.

Area: Later transferred to HBM Court Zanzibar, and became Senior Assistant Judge

Married: In Kensington Aug 1904 Mabel Adeline Paterson b. 1876 Peckham, d. 28.9.1938 Belgium

Children: Anthony Bertie Logan (Zanzibar 23.4.1907-10.9.1965 London), Diana Elizabeth (1917-1978)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, Colonial, Debrett, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904

School: St. Olave's and Trinity Hall Cambridge, called to the Bar Middle Temple 1896; BA, LLB, KC

General Information:

The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa Colonial - Registrar EAP 1902; Town Magistrate Mombasa 1904; 2nd Asst. Judge HBM Ct. for Zanzibar 1904; Sen. Asst. Judge 1905; Ch. Judge Zanzibar 1914; Mem of Ct. of Appeal for EA 1905-1910 and from 1914 upon transfer of Zanzibar to C.O.; Atty-Gen. Straits Settlements 1919; Ag. Col. Sec. 1920 etc.
EAHB 1905 - transferred in 1904 as 2nd Assistant Judge, Zanzibar.
North - Appt. Registrar of EA Court 9/10/1902; Appt. Registrar of Companies 13/6/1903
Cambridge Univ Alumni at TRINITY HALL, 1891. [Youngest] s. of [Professor] Alexander Falconer, of 24, Victoria Road, Clapham. [B. Mar. 23, 1872, at Aberdeen.] School, St Olave's Grammar, Southwark. Matric. Michs. 1891; Scholar, 1891; B.A. 1894; LL.B. 1895. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 27, 1893. Called to the Bar, Apr. 29, 1896. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer, 1900. Registrar, East African Protectorate, 1902-4; Town Magistrate, Mombasa, 1904; 2nd Assistant Judge, Zanzibar, 1904; Senior Judge, Zanzibar, 1905-14; Chief Justice, 1914. Member of Court of Appeal for East Africa, 1905-10, and from 1914. Knighted, 1919. Acting Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, 1920-1. Attorney-General, 1919-25. Chief Justice, 1925-33. K.C. 1924. Chairman of Commission, 1933, to enquire into Arab-Jewish riots in Palestine. Editor, Zanzibar Law Reports, 1868-1918. Author, Swahili translations. Died Aug. 28, 1945. Brother of the above. (Law Lists; Colonial Office List; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 29, 1945.)

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