Ronald Ormiston SINCLAIR

Background

SINCLAIR, Ronald was born on May 2, 1903 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Son of W. A. Sinclair.

Education

Auckland University College, and Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Joined Nigerian Administration Service 1931, Magistrate 1936. Resident Magistrate, Northern Rhodesia 1938. Puisne Judge, Tanganyika 1946-1953.

Chief Justice, Nyasaland 1953-1956.

Vice-President East African Court of Appeal 57. Chief Justice of Kenya 1957-1962.

President Her Majesty Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa 1962-1964. President Court of Appeal for the Bahamas Islands 70, Court of Appeal for Bermuda 1965-1970, Court of Appeal for British Honduras 1968-1970.

Chairman Industrial Tribunals, England and Wales 69.

Interests

• Bird watching.

Connections

Married Ellen Isabel Entrican in 1935.

Father:

West. A. Sinclair

Spouse:

Ellen Isabel Entrican