Anton Bertram

Sir Thomas Anton Bertram KC

22nd Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office 26 July 1918 – 1925
Appointed by	John Anderson
Preceded by	Alexander Wood Renton
Succeeded by	Charles Ernest St. John Branch
5th Attorney General of Ceylon
In office 19 May 1911 – 1918
Preceded by	Alfred Lascelles
Succeeded by	Henry Gollan
Personal details
Born	(1869-02-08)8 February 1869 Barnstable, Devon, England
Died	17 September 1937(1937-09-17) (aged 68) Canterbury, Kent, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge

Sir Thomas Anton Bertram KC (8 February 1869 - 17 September 1937) was an English Barrister and the 22nd Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 26 July 1918 succeeding Alexander Wood Renton and was Chief Justice until 1925. He was succeeded by Charles Ernest St. John Branch.^[1]^[2]

Life

Bertram was born in Barnstable, Devon, on 8 February 1869, the son of the Reverend R. A. Bertram, a Congregational minister.^[3] He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.^[3] He was called to the bar in 1893 and appointed Attorney-General of The Bahamas in July 1902.^[4]^[5] In 1907 he was appointed a Puisne Judge in Cyprus and then Attorney-General of Ceylon in 1911.^[3]

Bertam died at his home in Canterbury, Kent, on 17 September 1937, aged 68.^[3]

↑ "Overview". Judicial Service Commission Secretariat. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ BERTRAM, Sir Anton. Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Sir Anton Bertram". The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 18 September 1937. p. 37.
↑ The Times (36806). London. 28 June 1902. p. 9. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27453. p. 4442. 11 July 1902.

Legal offices
Preceded by Alexander Wood Renton	Chief Justice of Ceylon 1918-1925	Succeeded by Charles Ernest St. John Branch
Preceded by Alfred Lascelles	Attorney General of Ceylon 1911-1918	Succeeded by Henry Gollan

Chief Justices of Sri Lanka

Carrington Lushington Johnston Giffard Ottley Marshall Norris Oliphant Carr Rowe Creasy Hackett Phear Cayley de Wet Burnside Bonser Layard Hutchinson Lascelles Renton Bertram Branch Fisher Macdonell Abrahams Howard Wijewardena Jayetileke Rose Basnayake Sansoni Fernando Silva Tennekoon Samarakoon Sharvananda Ranasinghe Thambiah de Silva Silva de Silva Bandaranayake Peiris Sripavan

The Bertram court (1918–1925)

1918–1919	Ennis Shaw De Sampayo

1919–1920	Ennis Shaw De Sampayo Loos*

1920–1921	Ennis Shaw De Sampayo Schneider*

1921–1921	Ennis Shaw De Sampayo

1921–1922	Ennis Shaw De Sampayo Garvin

1922–1923	Ennis De Sampayo Porter Schneider Garvin

1923–1924	De Sampayo Ennis Porter Schneider Garvin Jayewardene*

1924–1925	Ennis De Sampayo Porter Schneider Garvin Jayewardene*

Acting Chief justice ,*Acting Puisne Judge

Attorneys General of Sri Lanka

Advocate Fiscals	Dunkin Johnston Dunkin Coke Giffard Matthews Norris

Queen's Advocates	Carr¹ Stark Buller Selby Thomson Morgan Cayley Burnside Flemming

Attorneys General	Flemming Grenier Layard Lascelles Bertram Gollan Elphinstone Jackson Illangakoon de Silva Nagalingam Rose Basnayake Gratiaen Jansze Ameer Tennekoon Pasupati De Silva Marapana Aziz Silva Kamalasabayson De Silva Peiris Wansundera Fernando Wijayatilake Jayasuriya

¹King's Advocate

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