Legal papers relating to service in Bermuda, Nigeria, Gold Coast and the West Indies, including judgements, speeches and recordings of meetings, 1926-1955
Dates
- 1926-1955
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 442].
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Shelfmark:
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 442
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4259
Biographical / Historical
Sir Allan Chalmers Smith (1893-1980) trained as a barrister-at-law at Grays Inn, and fought in the First World War, 1914-1918. He later served as a police magistrate in Bermuda from 1928 and in Nigeria from 1935. He was made puisne judge in Trinidad, 1938 and the Gold Coast, 1944. He served as Chief Justice, Sierra Leone, 1951-1955. In 1955 he was appointed Attorney-General of Bermuda. He also served as Commissioner of the Pre-Federal Judicial Commission set up in the British West Indies. His final appointment was as an assistant justice in Bermuda in 1956, a post which he held until his retirement in 1965.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 616 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
The papers were donated to the Oxford Colonial Records Project by Sir Allan Chalmers Smith on 17th May 1967.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were transferred to the library on 31st May 1967 from the Oxford Colonial Records Project.
- 20th century
- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 20th century
- Ghana -- History -- To 1957
- Judges -- Great Britain -- Colonies
- Nigeria -- History -- 1900-1960
- Smith | Sir | Allan Chalmers | 1893-1980 |
- Trial transcripts -- Africa, West -- 20th century
- Trial transcripts -- West Indies -- 20th century
- West Indies -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Papers of Sir Allan Chalmers Smith
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk