Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jacob William Barth CBE (23 July 1871 – 30 May 1941) was a British lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate and Chief Justice of Kenya.
Biography
editBarth was born in London, United Kingdom in 1871.[1] He attended Battersea Grammar School and matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1890.[2] Barth was admitted to Middle Temple and called to the bar on 27 June 1900.[3] He served as Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate between 1914 and 1918.[4]
In 1920, he was appointed Chief Justice of Kenya and remained in the post until he retired in 1934.[5]
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1916 and Knight Bachelor in 1922.[6] Barth died in Albury, Surrey in 1941.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees". archive.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees". archive.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Register of admissions to Middle Temple" (PDF). archive.middletemple.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Kenya Gazette, 4 March 1914.
- ^ "Office of the Chief Justice". judiciary.go.ke. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Whitakers Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1923, London, England.