Sir William Henry Doyle (born 1823, Nassau, Bahamas) is believed to be the first (1873) Bahamian knighted by a British monarch.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on the 20th October 1864, after the resignation of John Campbell Lees.[2] He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas, a position he was appointed to in 1858.[3]
william, henry, doyle, born, 1823, nassau, bahamas, believed, first, 1873, bahamian, knighted, british, monarch, appointed, chief, justice, bahamas, 20th, october, 1864, after, resignation, john, campbell, lees, held, position, assistant, justice, general, cou. Sir William Henry Doyle born 1823 Nassau Bahamas is believed to be the first 1873 Bahamian knighted by a British monarch 1 He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on the 20th October 1864 after the resignation of John Campbell Lees 2 He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas a position he was appointed to in 1858 3 Sir William Henry DoyleChief Justice of GibraltarChief Justice of the Leeward IslandsIn March 1875 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands and later appointed as Chief Justice of Gibraltar from 1877 to 1879 4 References edit The Nassau Guardian 3 January 1874 pg 1 Nassau Guardian 26 October 1864 p 1 The Times London England 1 May 1879 Hutchinson John A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars With Brief Biographical Notices p 78 nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Gibraltar is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Henry Doyle amp oldid 1213213530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
