James Dunkin

James Dunkin

1st & 3rd Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
In office 19 February 1801 – 1802
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Alexander Johnston
In office 22 April 1806 – 1808
Preceded by	Alexander Johnston
Succeeded by	William Coke

James Dunkin was the first and third Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon. He was appointed on 19 February 1801 and held the office until 1802. Dunkin was appointed aging in 1806. He was succeeded by Alexander Johnston.^[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 Alexander Johnston	Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon 1806–1808	Succeeded by William Coke
Preceded by Office Created	Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon 1801–1802	Succeeded by Alexander Johnston

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 Fleming
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 Wijayatilake Jayasuriya
¹King's Advocate

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