Sir Joseph Alfred Sheridan (1882 – 26 December 1964) was an Irish lawyer and administrator who served as the Chief Justice of Kenya.
Sir Joseph Sheridan | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Kenya | |
| In office 1934–1946 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Jacob Barth |
| Succeeded by | Sir Barclay Nihill |
| Chief Justice of Tanganyika | |
| In office 1929–1936 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Alison Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Sidney Abrahams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | 26 December 1964 |
Biography edit
Born in County Mayo, Ireland in 1882. He was educated at Castleknock College and Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was called to the Bar at King's Inns in Ireland in 1907 and thereafter entered the British Colonial Service in Nyasaland in 1908 as a junior clerk.[2] In 1912, he was appointed assistant to the Attorney-General of Nyasaland and remained in the post until 1913 when he moved to the East Africa Protectorate to become a Resident Magistrate.[3] In 1919, he was made a Judge on the East Africa Court of Appeal. The following year, he was promoted to a Judgeship on the Supreme Court for Eastern Africa.[4] In 1929, he left Kenya to take up the position as Chief Justice of Tanganyika. He was knighted in the 1932 King's Birthday Honours; returning to Kenya in 1934 to succeed Sir Jacob Barth as Chief Justice of Kenya.[5] He retired as Chief Justice in 1946 and died in December 1964.[citation needed]
His son, Sir Dermot (Joseph) Sheridan, later served as Chief Justice of Uganda and as a judge on the High Court of Kenya.
References edit
- ^ Michael O'Sullivan, Mary Robinson: The Life and Times of an Irish Liberal, Blackwater Press, 1993
- ^ Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Catholic Who's who and Yearbook, Volume 34, Burns & Oates, 1935
- ^ Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Catholic Who's who and Yearbook, Volume 34, Burns & Oates, 1935
- ^ Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Catholic Who's who and Yearbook, Volume 34, Burns & Oates, 1935
- ^ Law journal, 1965, The Law Journal, Volume 115