About Alfred George Lascelles
Lived 1857 – 1952 (aged 94). Alfred George Lascelles was a Sri Lankan judge.
Sir Alfred George Lascelles KC (12 October 1857 – 9 February 1952) was the 20th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 1 May 1911 succeeding Joseph Turner Hutchinson and was Chief Justice until 1914. He was succeeded by Alexander Wood Renton.
Alfred George Lascelles was the son of Hon. George Edwin Lascelles (a son of the 3rd Earl of Harewood) and his wife Lady Louisa Nina Murray (daughter of the 4th Earl of Mansfield), and was born at Moor Hill, Harewood on 12 October 1857. He graduated from University College, Oxford, with a Bachelor of Arts and was admitted to Inner Temple in 1885 entitled to practice as a barrister.
Lascelles served as Crown Advocate of Cyprus from 1898 until 1902. in which he acted as Chief Justice of Ceylon from 12 March to 31 October 1906.
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Sri Lankan judge (1857-1952)
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Alfred George Lascelles was born on 12 October 1857 in Harewood.
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Alfred George Lascelles died on 9 February 1952 in Terrington.
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Alfred George Lascelles was a judge.
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Alfred George Lascelles was Sri Lankan.
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