William Arrindell

Sir William Arrindell CB (1796 – 27 December 1862)[1] was a British judge.

Born at the Virgin Islands, he was educated in England.[1] Arrindell worked as barrister in Georgetown[2] and in 1824, he defended John Smith in his trial.[3] Arrindell became Attorney-General of British Guiana in 1845[4] and was subsequently appointed Chief Justice of British Guiana in 1852.[5] He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1858 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the same year.[6]

He died at Demerara, aged 66, from the consequences of a fall from a staircase.[3] His funeral procession stretched for half a mile and was the greatest British Guiana had seen so far.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sylvanus, Urban (1863). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 527.
  2. ↑ Peter Riviére, ed. (2006). The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835-1844. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 0-904180-86-7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. vol. VII. London: Yates and Alexander. 1863. p. 266.
  4. ↑ Bulletins and Other State Intelligence. Westminster: F. Watts. 1845. p. 147.
  5. ↑ Dalton, Henry G. (2002). The History of British Guiana. vol. II. Adamant Media Corporation. p. 47. ISBN 1-4021-8865-X.
  6. ↑ Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 94.
Legal offices
Preceded by
William Furlonge		 Attorney-General of British Guiana
1845 – 1852 		Succeeded by
Robert Rutledge Craig
Preceded by
Jeffery Hart Bent		 Chief Justice of British Guiana
1852 – 1862 		Succeeded by
Joseph Beaumont