Background
Spry, John Farley was born on March 11, 1910 in Cambridge, England. Son of Joseph Farley and Fanny Seagrave Treloar (Davies) Spry.
Spry, John Farley was born on March 11, 1910 in Cambridge, England. Son of Joseph Farley and Fanny Seagrave Treloar (Davies) Spry.
Master of Arts, Peterhouse University, Cambridge, 1932.
Assistant registrar of titles and conveyancer, Government of Uganda, 1936-1944;
assistant director land registration, Government of Palestine, 1944-1948;
registrar-general, Government of Tanganyika, 1948-1950, 52-56;
from legal draftsman to principal secretary, public service commission, Government of Tanganyika, 1956-1961;
puisne judge, Government of Tanganyika, 1971-1974;
registrar general, Government of Kenya, 1950-1952;
from justice of appeal to vice president, Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa, 1964-1975;
vice president, Pensions Appeal Tribunals, England, 1975-1976;
chief justice, Supreme Court, Gibraltar, 1976-1980;
justice of appeal, Court Appeals, Gibraltar, 1980-1983;
president, Court Appeals, Gibraltar, 1983-1991;
non-resident chief justice, Supreme Court, British Indian Ocean Territory, 1981-1987;
non-resident chief justice, Supreme Court, St. Helena, 1983-1992;
justice of appeal, Court Appeals, Falkland Islands, 1991-1995;
president, Court Appeals, British Antarctic Territory, since 1991. Chairman Commision on the Law of Marriage and Divorce, Kenya, 1967-1968. Commissioner to inquire into incident in Cooperage Lane, Gibraltar, 1986.
Commr.for revision of laws of Gibraltar, 1981-1985.
Member Law Society.
Married Barbara Sheldon Thomson (divorced). Children: Jennifer Theska Farley Spry, Christopher John Farley Spry. Married Stella Marie Jenkins (deceased).