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Name: WEBB, Ambrose Henry KC, Sir
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1882 Tashinny, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland
Death Date: 19 May 1964 Tunbridge Wells
Nationality: Irish
First Date: 1933
Last Date: 1937
Profession: Lawyer, puisne judge. Appointed Chief Justice of Sierra Leone in 1937
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Holyhead, Ireland 17 Aug 1910 Agnes Ellen Gunn b. 13 Sep 1884 London, d. 21 Feb 1969 Crowborough
Children: Anthony Michael Francis (27 Dec 1914-1998)
Book Reference: Irish, Debrett, Colonial
School: Clifton College, Bath Coll. and Trinity College, Oxford (Classical Scholar), called to bar 1909 King's Inns Dublin
General Information:
Debrett - Bar, King's Inns Dublin 1909, and a KC 1920; was Pres. of Dist. Court, Palestine 1921-33, a Puisne Judge, Kenya 1933-37, Ch. Justice of Sierra Leone 1938-39, and Ch. Justice of Tanganyika and a Member of Court of Appeal, EA 1940-45; retired 1945.
Colonial - Pres. Dist. Ct. Samaria 1921; Puisne Judge Kenya 1933; Ch. Justice Sierra Leone 1937; Tanganyika 1940-45
President of the Irish Society in 1937.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Eastbourne with wife and son