Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jacob William Barth CBE (23 July 1871 – 30 May 1941) was a British lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate and Chief Justice of Kenya.

Biography

Barth was born in London, United Kingdom in 1871.[1] He attended Battersea Grammar School and matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1890.[2] Barth was admitted to Middle Temple and called to the bar on 27 June 1900.[3] He served as Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate between 1914 and 1918.[4]

In 1920, he was appointed Chief Justice of Kenya and remained in the post until he retired in 1934.[5]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1916 and Knight Bachelor in 1922.[6] Barth died in Albury, Surrey in 1941.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees". archive.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees". archive.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Register of admissions to Middle Temple" (PDF). archive.middletemple.org.uk.
  4. ↑ Kenya Gazette, 4 March 1914.
  5. ↑ "Office of the Chief Justice". judiciary.go.ke. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Whitakers Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1923, London, England.
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