William Coke

William Coke
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
In office 1810–1819
In office 1827–1827
Acting Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office 1809–1811
Preceded by	Edmund Henry Lushington
Succeeded by	Alexander Johnston
4th Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
In office 5 September 1808 – 1811
Preceded by	James Dunkin
Succeeded by	Ambrose Hardinge Giffard

William Coke was the 4th Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 September 1808, succeeding James Dunkin, and held the office until 1811. He was succeeded by Ambrose Hardinge Giffard.^[1]

References

↑ Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4

Legal offices
Preceded by	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon 1810–1819	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon 1827	Succeeded by
Preceded by Edmund Henry Lushington	Acting Chief Justice of Ceylon 1809–1811	Succeeded by Alexander Johnston
Preceded by James Dunkin	Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon 1808–1811	Succeeded by Ambrose Hardinge Giffard

Attorneys General of Sri Lanka

Advocate Fiscals	Dunkin Johnston Dunkin Coke Giffard Matthews Norris

Queen's Advocates	Carr¹ Stark Buller Selby Thomson Morgan Cayley Burnside Flemming

Attorneys General	Flemming Grenier Layard Lascelles Bertram Gollan Elphinstone Jackson Illangakoon de Silva Nagalingam Rose Basnayake Gratiaen Jansze Ameer Tennekoon Pasupati De Silva Marapana Aziz Silva Kamalasabayson De Silva Peiris Wansundera Fernando Wanasundera

¹King's Advocate

The Giffard court (1819–1827)

1819–1827	Ottley

1827-1827	Coke Matthews

The Johnston court (1811–1819)

1811–1818	Coke

1818–1819	Coke Byrne

1819–1819	Giffard Byrne

The Provisional Coke court (1809–1811)

1809–1810	Johnston

1810–1811	Coke Johnston