About James Jarrett
Lived 1895 – 1943 (aged 48). James Jarrett was a British judge and colonial administrator.
James Henry Jarrett, KC (31 March 1895 – 7 April 1943) was a British colonial administrator and judge. He was Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands from 1940 until his death.
Biography The son of Henry and Caroline Mary Jarrett, Jarrett was educated at Lancing College before being called to the bar at Gray's Inn. After service in the First World War from 1914 to 1919, he was appointed an Assistant District Commissioner in Uganda in 1919. He was seconded to the Judicial Department as a Magistrate in 1922, to 1940.
He was appointed Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands in 1940, and was a member of the West Indian Court of Appeal.
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British judge (1895-1943)
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James Jarrett was born on 31 March 1895.
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James Jarrett died on 7 April 1943 in Grenada, St George's, Grenada.
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James Jarrett was a judge and colonial administrator.
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James Jarrett was British.
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