Anton Bertram Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Thomas Anton Bertram
Office:22nd Chief Justice of Ceylon
Appointer:John Anderson
Term Start:26 July 1918
Term End:1925
Predecessor:Alexander Wood Renton
Successor:Charles Ernest St. John Branch
Order2:5th
Office2:Attorney General of Ceylon
Term Start2:19 May 1911
Term End2:1918
Predecessor2:Alfred Lascelles
Successor2:Henry Gollan
Birth Date:8 February 1869
Birth Place:Barnstable, Devon, England
Death Place:Canterbury, Kent, England
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge

Sir Thomas Anton Bertram KC (8 February 1869 – 17 September 1937) was an English Barrister and the 22nd Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 26 July 1918 succeeding Alexander Wood Renton and was Chief Justice until 1925. He was succeeded by Charles Ernest St. John Branch.[1]

Life

Bertram was born in Barnstable, Devon, on 8 February 1869, the son of the Reverend R. A. Bertram, a Congregational minister. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1893 and appointed Attorney-General of The Bahamas in July 1902.[2] In 1907 he was appointed a Puisne Judge in Cyprus and then Attorney-General of Ceylon in 1911.

Bertram died at his home in Canterbury, Kent, on 17 September 1937, aged 68.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overview . Judicial Service Commission Secretariat . 19 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019091817/http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en . 19 October 2013 .
  2. 28 June 1902 . 9 . 36806.
  3. News: The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 18 September 1937. Sir Anton Bertram. 37.