Charles Frederic Belcher
Sir Charles Frederic Belcher Sir Herbert Cecil Stronge | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1876 Colony of Victoria |
| Died | 7 February 1970 (aged 93) Kokstad, Natal South Africa |
| Resting place | Kokstad Cemetery |
| Spouse | Sara Visger (married 1908-1965) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Melbourne |
Sir Charles Frederic Belcher
ornithologist.[1]
Biography
Born in
Legislative Council of Victoria. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School,[2] and entered Trinity College, Melbourne in 1894, where he studied law.[3] He was first called to the bar in Melbourne in 1902. In 1907 he moved to London, England to enroll at Gray's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1909.[4]
For much of his life he served the
Kenya, Member of the Appeals Court of East Africa, Attorney General (1920-1923) and later High Court Judge (1924-1927)[5] of Nyasaland, and Chief Justice of Cyprus (1927–1930). In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago and President of the Appeal Court of the West Indies, offices he held until his retirement in 1937.[6]
He was a founding member of both the
Centuria Malatesta.[8]
Works
- Belcher, Charles F. (1914). The Birds of the District of Geelong, Australia. W.J. Griffiths: Geelong.
- Belcher, Charles Frederic. (1930). The Birds of Nyasaland. C. Lockwood & Son: London.
- Belcher, Charles Frederic. (1944). Genealogical notes relating to William Belcher of Kells (1730-1798) and his descendants. W. Boyd & Co: Nairobi.
Notes
- ^ "Charles Frederic Belcher". The Ibis. 113: 114. 1971.
- ^ Staff Writer (December 1915). "Old Geelong Grammarians". The Corian. Vol. 39, no. 3. p. 98 – via issuu.
- ^ "Personal". The Horsham Times. Horsham, Victoria. 9 June 1931. p. 4 – via Trove.
- .
- ISBN 978-0-520-93275-3.
Sir Charles Frederic Belcher (1876-1970) served as judge of the High Court of Nyasaland from 1924 to 1927.
- ^ "No. 33658". The London Gazette. 4 November 1930. p. 6945.
- ^ The London Gazette, no. 33722 (2 June 1931): 3624.
- ^ Palmer, Nettie; Fox, Len (1948). Australians in Spain. Sydney: Current Books. p. 56.
References
- Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
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