The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Slater, John Sanders
Slater, John Sanders Bar-at-Law. Administrator-General, Bombay; b. in London, 1859; s. of Roberts Slater; educ: at the Royal Naval School, New Cross; took his degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1881; called to the Bar, 1882; came out to India, 1884; settled himself in Bombay, 1887; appointed as Principal, Elphinstone College, Bombay, 1887; succeeded Mr. K. T. Telang as Professor in the Government Law School, Bombay, 1889; from 1891 to 1894 he was Acting Chief Presidency Magistrate, Bombay. 1891-94; confirmed, 1895; Administrator-General, 1895. Address: Bombay.