William Henry Doyle Explained

Office:	Chief Justice of Gibraltar
Sir William Henry Doyle
Office1:	Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands

Sir William Henry Doyle (born 1823, Nassau, Bahamas) is believed to be the first (1873) Bahamian knighted by a British monarch.^[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on the 20th October 1864, after the resignation of John Campbell Lees.^[2] He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas, a position he was appointed to in 1858.^[3]

In March 1875, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands and later appointed as Chief Justice of Gibraltar from 1877 to 1879.^[4]

Notes and References

1. The Nassau Guardian, 3 January 1874, pg. 1
2. Nassau Guardian, 26 October 1864, p. 1
3. The Times (London, England), 1 May 1879.
4. Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 78.