William Coke Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
William Coke
Office:Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
Term Start:28 October 1810
Term End:1 September 1818
Successor:Henry Byrne
Office1:Provisional Chief Justice of Ceylon
Term Start1:6 March 1809
Term End1:1811
Nominator1:Edmund Henry Lushington
Appointer1:Alexander Johnston
Order2:4th
Office2:Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
Term Start2:5 September 1808
Term End2:1811
Predecessor2:James Dunkin
Successor2:Ambrose Hardinge Giffard
Birth Date:1776
Birth Place:England
Death Date:1 September 1818
Death Place:Trincomalee, British Ceylon
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford, University of Oxford

Sir William Coke (1776  - 1 September 1818) was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon as well as acting as Provisional Chief Justice of Ceylon and the fourth Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon.

Coke arrived in Ceylon on 15 September 1808. He was appointed on 5 September 1808, succeeding James Dunkin, and held the office until 1811. He was succeeded by Ambrose Hardinge Giffard.[1]

Coke died of dysentery when in Trincomalee for a Criminal Session.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated. 7 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Notes on the Geography of Sri Lanka: Colombo. The Great Mirror. 7 April 2016.