Christopher Temple Explained

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.

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