About Raymond West
Lived 1832 – 1912 (aged 79). Raymond West was a British judge and lawyer.
Sir Raymond West (18 September 1832 in County Kerry, Ireland – 8 September 1912) was a barrister King's Inns Dublin 1871, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Bombay, 1873–87; President of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, also acted as Procureur-General in Egypt 1884; member of the Government of Bombay 1887–92; Reader in Indian Law, Cambridge University.
In May 1888, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCIE).
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British colonial judge (1832–1912)
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Raymond West was born on 18 September 1832.
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Raymond West died on 8 September 1912.
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