Louis Addin Kershaw

Sir Louis Addin Kershaw (27 December 1844 – 17 February 1899 ) was a British-American judge who was Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court.

Career Kershaw was born in Ohio, United States to British parents Matthew and Sarah Kershaw. He studied in Bradford Grammar School at Bradford and Pembroke College, Oxford.

On 18 November 1872, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and worked as revising Barrister in Yorkshire.

In 1898, he was knighted and appointed the Chief Justice of Allahabad after John Edge during the British Raj era on 6 April 1898. He became the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, succeeding Sir Charles Frederick Farran on 12 November 1898. Kershaw served as Queen's or King's Counsel in Bombay.