Bruce Burnside

Sir Bruce Burnside
16th Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office
21 May 1883 – 1889
Appointed by James Robert Longden
Preceded by Jacobus de Wet
Succeeded by John Winfield Bonser
15th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
In office
24 October 1879 – 1883
Preceded by Richard Cayley
Succeeded by Francis Flemming
Personal details
Born (1833-07-26)26 July 1833
Nassau, Bahamas
Died 10 August 1909(1909-08-10) (aged 76)
Kent, Surrey, England
Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth Francis
Children Frederick K. Burnside
Eustace A. Burnside
Robert Bruce Burnside
Edmund Burnside
Bertram W. Burnside
Ida M. Burnside
Lilla Burnside
Frederick R. Burnside

Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Burnside (26 July 1833 – 10 August 1909) was the 16th Chief Justice of Ceylon and 25th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon. He was appointed on 21 May 1883 succeeding Jacobus de Wet and was Chief Justice until 1889. He was succeeded by John Winfield Bonser.[1][2]

Harry Dias Bandaranaike acted as Chief Justice from 9 January to 6 June 1888 when Burnside and Lovell Clarence went on leave. Clarence acted from November 1890 to February 1891 when Burnside and Bandaranaike retired.[3]

Burnside was born to John and Mary Burnside.[4] His son Robert Bruce Burnside was a judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Overview". Judicial Service Commission Secretariat. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ↑ John Ferguson (1996) [1887]. Ceylon in the Jubilee Year (Repr. ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 254. ISBN 978-81-206-0963-1. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years. Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 955599000X.
  4. ↑ "Sir Bruce Lockhart Burnside". RootsWeb. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Staples, G. T. "Burnside, Robert Bruce (1862–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Jacobus de Wet		 Chief Justice of Ceylon
1883-1889 		Succeeded by
John Winfield Bonser
Preceded by
Richard Cayley		 Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
1879–1883 		Succeeded by
Francis Flemming
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