Cecil Kelsick
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
About Cecil Kelsick
Lived 1920 – 2017 (aged 96–97).
Cecil Arthur Kelsick TC (15 July 1920 – 27 September 2017) was a Trinidadian judge who was the Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 1983 to 1985.
Early life & education Kelsick was born in Portsmouth, Dominica. He was educated at Montserrat Grammar School from 1928 to 1937, and was awarded the Leeward Islands Scholarship in 1938. He attended King's College London where he studied law, (LLB, 1941; AKC, 1942).
Career He was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in November 1941, and had a distinguished legal career as Crown attorney and then attorney general in the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. In 1957, he was appointed solicitor general for Trinidad and Tobago.
Personal life Kelsick married Sonia, daughter of Cecil Rawle in the early 1950s. Together they had 5 children.
He died on 27 September 2017, at age 97.
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Who was Cecil Kelsick?
chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago (1920–2017)
When was Cecil Kelsick born?
Cecil Kelsick was born on 15 July 1920 in Portsmouth.
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Cecil Kelsick died in 2017.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cecil Kelsick. https://biography.guide/cecil-kelsick/
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