| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
| Joseph Turner Hutchinson | |
| Office: | 19th Chief Justice of Ceylon |
| Appointer: | Henry Arthur Blake |
| Term Start: | 23 October 1906 |
| Term End: | 1 May 1911 |
| Predecessor: | Charles Layard |
| Successor: | Alfred Lascelles |
| Office2: | Chief Justice of Cyprus |
| Term Start2: | 1898 |
| Term End2: | 1906 |
| Predecessor2: | Sir William James Smith |
| Successor2: | Charles Robert Tyser |
| Office3: | Chief Justice of Grenada |
| Term Start3: | 1895 |
| Term End3: | 1897 |
| Predecessor3: | John Foster Gresham |
| Successor3: | Sir Charles James Tarring |
| Office4: | 6th Chief Justice of the Gold Coast |
| Term Start4: | 1889 |
| Term End4: | 1894 |
| Predecessor4: | H. W. Macleod |
| Successor4: | William Griffith |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1850 |
| Birth Place: | Braystones, Cumberland, England |
| Death Place: | Ravenglass, England |
| Spouse: | Constance Mary[1] |
| Mother: | Hannah Turner |
| Father: | Isaac Hutchinson |
| Alma Mater: | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson (28 March 1850 - 20 January 1924) was an English judge who served as the 19th Chief Justice of Ceylon.
He was born on 28 March 1850 in Braystones, Cumberland, England to Isaac Hutchinson and Hannah Turner.
He was educated at St Bees School. Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge 11 October 1869, he gained a B.A. in 1873, and an M.A. in 1876.[2] Subsequently, he was admitted to the Middle Temple 20 November 1876, and was called to the bar 17 November 1879.[3]
He was appointed Queen's Advocate for the Gold Coast Colony in 1888 and promoted to Chief Justice the following year.[4] He then served as Chief Justice of the Windward Islands in 1894, then as Chief Justice of Grenada from 1895 to 1897,[5] and as Chief Justice of Cyprus from 1898 to 1906.[6]
He was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon on 23 October 1906, succeeding Charles Layard, and was Chief Justice until 1911.[7] He was succeeded by Alfred Lascelles.
Upon his retirement in 1911, he returned to Cumberland, where he was appointed High Sheriff for the year of 1918. He died in Ravenglass on 20 January 1924.[8]