William James Smith
British lawyer
About William James Smith
Born 1853.
Sir William James Smith (1853–1912) was a British jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, British Guiana and the Transvaal. He was knighted by letters patent in 1896.
Smith was born in 1853 and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1875. In late 1902 he was appointed Judge of the Transvaal high court.
Smith married in 1896 to Ella March. He died in London on 15 November 1912 aged 59.
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