Who's Who in the Far East/THORNTON, Swinford Leslie
THORNTON, Swinford Leslie (SINGAPORE), B.A.; Puisne Judge. Educ.: Lincoln College, Oxford. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, Nov., 1877; admitted to the Bar, Straits Settlements, Nov., 1886; Registrar of Supreme Court; Commissioner, Court of Requests and Collector of Stamps, Malacca, June, 1887; acting Senior Magistrate, Singapore, July, 1888: Registrar of Supreme Court and Magistrate, Malacca, July, 1892; Attorney-general, St. Vincent, 1894; acting Administrator, Nov., 1894; to Mar., 1895; acting Chief Justice, Nov., 1895; Resident Magistrate, Jamaica 1896; Member of Committee to revise rules and form Resident Magistrate Courts, 1897: Member, Parochial Boards Commission, and Chairman, House and Laud Tax Committee, 1899; acting Puisne Judge, 1901; Puisne Judge, Singapore, 1906. Club: Singapore. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.