Louis Addin Kershaw

Sir
Louis Addin Kershaw
KC
6th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
In office
12 November 1898 – 17 February 1899
Appointed byQueen Victoria
Preceded byCharles Frederick Farran
Succeeded byLawrence Hugh Jenkins
5th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
In office
6 April 1898 – 11 November 1898
Appointed byQueen Victoria
Preceded byJohn Edge
Succeeded byArthur Strachey
Personal details
Born(1844-12-27)27 December 1844
Ohio, United States
Died17 February 1899(1899-02-17) (aged 54)
Bombay, India
Alma materBradford Grammar School, Pembroke College, Oxford

Sir Louis Addin Kershaw (27 December 1844[1] – 17 February 1899[2]) was a British-American[3] judge who was Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court.

Career

Kershaw was born in Ohio, United States[4] to British parents Matthew and Sarah Kershaw.[5] He studied in Bradford Grammar School at Bradford[6] and Pembroke College, Oxford.

On 18 November 1872, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple[7] and worked as revising Barrister in Yorkshire.[8]

In 1898, he was knighted and appointed the Chief Justice of Allahabad after John Edge during the British Raj era[9] on 6 April 1898.[10] He became the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, succeeding Sir Charles Frederick Farran[11] on 12 November 1898.[12] Kershaw served as Queen's or King's Counsel in Bombay.[13]

References

  1. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
  2. ↑ Buckland, C. E. (1971). "Dictionary of Indian Biography". Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
  4. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census
  5. ↑ 1881 England Census
  6. ↑ "Kershaw, Sir Louis Addin". calderdalecompanion.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Men-at-the-Bar.djvu/292". wikisource.org. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Buckland, C. E. (1971). "Dictionary of Indian Biography". Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Chief Justices of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (1866-1901)". Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "The Edinburgh gazette" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 7 June 1898.
  11. ↑ Abhinav Chandrachud (28 May 2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court. ISBN 9780199089482. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Edinburgh Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. 11 November 1898.
  13. ↑ "Sir LOUIS ADDIN KERSHAW". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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