About Jacob William Barth
Lived 1871 – 1941 (aged 69). Jacob William Barth was a British lawyer.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jacob William Barth CBE (23 July 1871 – 30 May 1941) was a British lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate and Chief Justice of Kenya.
Biography Barth was born in London, United Kingdom in 1871. He attended Battersea Grammar School and matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1890. He served as Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate between 1914 and 1918.
In 1920, he was appointed Chief Justice of Kenya and remained in the post until he retired in 1934.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1916 and Knight Bachelor in 1922. Barth died in Albury, Surrey in 1941.
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Jacob William Barth was born on 23 July 1871.
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Jacob William Barth died on 30 May 1941.
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