Men-at-the-Bar/Phillippo, (Hon.) Sir George

3810511Men-at-the-Bar — Phillippo, (Hon.) Sir GeorgeJoseph Foster


Phillippo, (Hon.) Sir George, chief justice of Hong Kong 1882, knighted by patent 20 July, 1882, practised at the Jamaica bar 1862-8, Queen's advocate Sierra Leone, etc., 1868, attorney-general British Columbia 1870, a non-elective member Legislative Council Dec., 1870, puisne judge supreme court British Guiana 1871, acting attorney-general and judge of court of requests Gibraltar 1873-4, junior puisne judge Straits Settlements 1873, senior puisne judge 1874, attorney-general Hong Kong 1876-9, chief justice and judge of court of requests Gibraltar Aug., 1879-82, a commissioner to publish the laws of British Columbia and prepared the Constitution Act 1871 for its confederation with Canada, a student of the Inner Temple 23 April, 1859 (then aged 26), certificate of honour 1st class 27 Jan., 1862, called to the bar 27 Jan., 1862 (2nd son of Rev. James Mursell Phillippo, of Spanish Town, Jamaica); born , 1833; married , 1862, Mary, dau. of Rev. John Clark (see Foster's Baronetage).

Victoria, Hong Kong.