Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
William Ogle Carr | |
Office: | 9th Chief Justice of Ceylon |
Appointer: | George William Anderson |
Term Start: | 17 April 1854 |
Term End: | 1856 |
Predecessor: | Anthony Oliphant |
Successor: | William Carpenter Rowe |
Order2: | 8th |
Office2: | King's Advocate of Ceylon |
Term Start2: | 2 April 1833 |
Term End2: | 1838 |
Predecessor2: | William Norris |
Successor2: | John Stark |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1802 |
Birth Place: | George Street, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Colombo, Western Province, British Ceylon |
Restingplace: | Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Maria Clement |
Children: | William Ogle Carr Clement Morton Carr Frances Margaret Carr |
Sir William Ogle Carr (13 November 1802 - 24 April 1856) was the ninth Chief Justice of Ceylon and eighth King's Advocate of Ceylon. He was appointed on 17 April 1854, succeeding Anthony Oliphant, and was Chief Justice until 1856. He was succeeded by William Carpenter Rowe.[1] [2] [3]
Carr took J. G. Hildebrand on the bench. In the following year he functioned as Senior Puisne Justice before being confirmed in the post. When Chief Justice Oliphant retired in 1854 Carr took the middle seat.[4]