Audley McKisack

Sir Audley McKisack QC (2 April 1903 – 16 August 1966) was an Irish barrister and judge who ended a distinguished legal career as President of the High Court of the Federation of South Arabia and Judge in the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas and Bermuda.

Biography

McKisack was born in Craigavad, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), the only son of Audley John and Elizabeth McKisack. His elder sister was the historian May McKisack (1900–1981). He was educated at Bedford School and at University College, Oxford. He entered the Colonial Service in 1924 and was an Administrative Officer in Northern Rhodesia between 1924 and 1936. He was called to the Bar in 1935, and became a member of the Inner Temple.

He died in Midhurst, Sussex, aged 63.