Guy Henderson

Sir Guy Wilmot McLintock Henderson (13 July 1887 – 21 May 1987) was a British barrister and colonial judge who was Attorney-General of the Protectorate of Uganda from 1948 to 1951, and Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1951 to 1960.

Early life and education Henderson was born on 13 July 1887, the eldest son of Arthur James and Charlotte West Henderson. He was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton; Whanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the First World War in Europe in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (1915–1919), and rose to the rank of lieutenant. In 1923, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple.

Career Henderson went to Burma in 1924, and was in private practice there until 1929. The following year, he returned to England and joined the prosecuting staff of the General Post Office in London. In 1932, he went to the Bahamas where he served as stipendiary and circuit magistrate. From 1937 to 1940, he served as crown counsel in Tanganyika Territory, and from 1940 to 1945, served as a legal draftsman in Nigeria. From 1948 to 1951, he was Attorney-General and QC in the Protectorate of Uganda.

Personal life and death Henderson married Ann Dring-Campion in 1930, and they two sons and a daughter.