About William Ogle Carr
Lived 1802 – 1856 (aged 53). William Ogle Carr was a judge.
Sir William Ogle Carr (13 November 1802 – 24 April 1856) was the ninth Chief Justice of Ceylon and eighth King's Advocate of Ceylon. He was appointed on 17 April 1854, succeeding Anthony Oliphant, and was Chief Justice until 1856. He was succeeded by William Carpenter Rowe.
Carr took J. G. Hildebrand on the bench. In the following year he functioned as Senior Puisne Justice before being confirmed in the post. When Chief Justice Oliphant retired in 1854 Carr took the middle seat.
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British judge
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William Ogle Carr was born on 13 November 1802 in Bloomsbury.
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William Ogle Carr died on 24 April 1856 in Colombo.
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William Ogle Carr was a judge.
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