Christopher Temple | |
Order: | 18th |
Office: | Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon |
Term Start: | 28 January 1854 |
Term End: | 1873 |
Appointer: | George William Anderson |
Office2: | Judge of the District Court of Colombo |
Term Start2: | 1 June 1945 |
Term End2: | 1854 |
Office3: | Deputy Queen's Advocate of Ceylon |
Term Start3: | 17 October 1840 |
Term End3: | 1945 |
Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge |
Christopher Temple was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon from 1854 to 1873. Temple had served as Deputy Queen's Advocate of Ceylon and Judge of the District Court of Colombo prior to being elevated as a Puisne Justice. He was appointed Senior Puisne Justice on 1 January 1863 and acted as Chief Justice when Chief Justice Edward Shepherd Creasy went on leave on 7 September 1869.