Charles Macaskie Explained

Order:1st
Office:Chief Justice of North Borneo
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Sir Ivor Llewellyn Brace
Term Start:1934
Term End:1945
Nominator:Ramsay MacDonald
Appointer:George V
Charles Macaskie
Birth Name:Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie
Birth Date:1888 3, df=yes
Spouse:
Birth Place:Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Children:Ian Bruce Macaskie
Residence:Folkestone, Kent, England
Profession:Barrister
Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable Brigadier
Honorific Suffix:CMG
Citizenship:British
Parents:Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie (Father)
Mary Calthorpe Emslie (Mother)
Alma Mater:Gray's Inn
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Unit:Royal West Kent Regiment
Battles:World War I
Rank:Brigadier

Brigadier Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie (26 March 1888 – 26 November 1969)[1] was an English barrister who served as the first Chief Justice of North Borneo.[2]

Career

In 1910, Macaskie had remained in the British protectorate of North Borneo after the First World War ended to work as a British government official.[3] Between 1934 and 1945, he served as the Chief Justice and Deputy Governor of North Borneo.[4] [5] After the Japanese occupation of British Borneo, Macaskie returned and was appointed chief civil affairs officer for the period 1945-1946 and was later made commissioner for war damage claims for the Borneo Territories between 1947 and 1951.

After he left North Borneo, Macaskie held the position of acting British judge at New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in 1955, 1958 and 1959.

Personal life

Macaskie' first marriage was to Maggie Winifred Mary Macaskie (née Bruce), who bore him a son in 1919, Ian Bruce Macaskie. Due to Macaskie' frequent work travels into the interior region of Borneo, his family was often left alone in the capital Jesselton. In 1922, his wife fell pregnant with a Scottish man's child. Macaskie sent the family back to England to allow Maggie to give birth in more hospitable conditions and agreed to be listed as the child's father. Later, during one of Macaskie' trip back to Kent, the couple agreed to officially separate and eventually divorced in 1926.

In 1946, Macaskie married Doris Cole-Adams (née Legg).

Honours

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie. 14 August 2019. 12 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Papers of Charles Frederick C. Macaskie. 14 July 2019. archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk.
  3. Web site: Who was my Father?. 14 August 2019. 19 June 2019.
  4. Web site: 14 August 2019. GOVERNORS OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO AND HEADS OF STATE OF SABAH: A Brief History. Danny Tze-ken. Wong. 2009.
  5. Book: Sources in British Political History 1900-1951: Volume 6: First Consolidated Supplement. 14 August 2019. 25 April 1985. P.. Jones. J.. Sinclair. C.. Cook. Jeffrey. Weeks. 9781349178254.
  6. Web site: CHANCERY OF THE ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE. 1 January 1946. 14 August 2019. The London Gazette.