Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
Charles Layard | |
Office: | 18th Chief Justice of Ceylon |
Appointer: | Joseph West Ridgeway |
Term Start: | 26 April 1902 |
Term End: | 18 June 1906 |
Predecessor: | John Winfield Bonser |
Successor: | Joseph Turner Hutchinson |
Order2: | 3rd |
Office2: | Attorney General of Ceylon |
Term Start2: | 1 November 1892 |
Term End2: | 1902 |
Predecessor2: | Samuel Grenier |
Successor2: | Alfred Lascelles |
Office3: | Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon |
Term Start3: | October 1892 |
Term End3: | 1902 |
Office4: | Acting Attorney General of Ceylon |
Term Start4: | 18 March 1891 |
Term End4: | ? |
Predecessor4: | Francis Flemming |
Order5: | 2nd |
Office5: | Solicitor General of Ceylon |
Term Start5: | 27 July 1888 |
Term End5: | October 1892 |
Predecessor5: | Charles Lambert Ferdinands |
Successor5: | Ponnambalam Ramanathan |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1849 |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Western Province, British Ceylon |
Death Place: | Kent, England |
Spouse: | Ada Alexandria née Julius |
Relations: | Charles Peter Layard |
Children: | Ada Mildred Layard |
Alma Mater: | St John's College, Cambridge |
Sir Charles Peter Layard (5 December 1849 - 8 June 1915) was the 18th chief justice of Ceylon from 1902 to 1906.
Charles Peter Layard was born on 5 December 1849 in Colombo, the youngest of nine children, to Charles Peter Layard (1806–1893) and Louisa Anne née Edwards (1809–1886), who hailed from a distinguished family, whose earlier relatives migrated to Ceylon. His father was a civil servant and first mayor of Colombo.[1]
Layard was appointed chief justice on 21 March 1902, upon the retirement of John Winfield Bonser, and took up the position on 26 April 1902. He was one of the first chief justices produced by the local bar,[2] and served until he was succeeded by Joseph Turner Hutchinson in June 1906.[3]