J. E. P. Wallis
Sir John Edward Power Wallis | |
|---|---|
| Advocate-General of Madras Presidency | |
| In office 1900–1906 | |
| Preceded by | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar (acting) |
| Succeeded by | C. Sankaran Nair |
| Chief Justice of Madras High Court | |
| In office 1914–1921 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Arnold White |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1861[1] Marylebone, London, England[2] |
| Died | 8 June 1946 Brighton, Sussex[3] |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge |
| Profession | Advocate-General, Chief Justice |
Sir John Edward Power Wallis (3 November 1861 – 8 June 1946) was a British lawyer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1900 to 1906, and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1914 to 1921.
Early life and education
[edit]Wallis was born in 1861, son of John Edward Wallis, of Alexandria, Egypt, formerly of London and the Inner Temple, Judge in the Mixed Tribunals (International Court of Justice), Cairo and sometime editor and proprietor of Catholic weekly The Tablet.[4] He was educated at Ushaw College, Durham, and the University of London (M.A.),[5] and was called to the bar in 1886 from the Middle Temple.[6]
He served for some time as a reader in Madras before being appointed the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency in January 1900, succeeding C. A. White.[7]
Legal career
[edit]Wallis served as the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency from 1900 to 1906. He was also nominated to the Madras Legislative Council and served as an ex-officio member from 1904 to 1906. In 1907, Wallis was appointed judge of the Madras High Court and officiated as Chief Justice from July to October 1914. In November 1914, his appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court was confirmed, and he served as such until 1921. On 19 August 1926, he was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[8]
He was a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Madras University in 1908.[9] In 1903, he married Dorothea Margaret, daughter of William Richardson Fowke.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Mair, Robert Henry (1914). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean and Son. p. 487. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ 1891 England Census
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 10 June 1946. p. 1.
- ^ The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook, vol. 9, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Burns & Oates, 1916, pg 473
- ^ The County Families of the United Kingdom, 59th ed., Edward Walford, 1919, pg 370
- ^ Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the Landed Gentry, 1914, pg 2578
- ^ "No. 27162". The London Gazette. 6 February 1900. p. 806.
- ^ "No. 33193". The London Gazette. 20 August 1926. p. 5514.
- ^ Who's Who, A. & C. Black, 1918
- ^ Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the Landed Gentry, 1914, pg 2578
References
[edit]- Buckland, C. E. (1915). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. p. 81.
- Rao, C. Hayavadana, ed. (1915). . . Vol. 24.1. Madras: Pillar & Co. p. 457.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about J. E. P. Wallis at the Internet Archive
Works by or about John Edward Power Wallis at Wikisource
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- 1861 births
- 1946 deaths
- 19th-century British lawyers
- Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Advocates General for Tamil Nadu
- Chief justices of the Madras High Court
- 20th-century Indian judges
- Vice Chancellors of the University of Madras
- British India judges
- 20th-century British judges
- 19th-century Indian lawyers
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- People from the Madras Presidency
- British people in colonial India