Murray Coutts-Trotter
Sir Murray Coutts-Trotter | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of the Madras High Court | |
| In office 1924–1929 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe |
| Succeeded by | Sir Horace Owen Compton Beasley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Murray Coutts-Trotter 12 May 1874 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 12 May 1929 (aged 55) at sea |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge |
| Profession | Chief Justice |
Sir Victor Murray Coutts-Trotter (12 May 1874 – 12 May 1929) was a British barrister who was Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1924 to 1929.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Son of Alexander Trotter, of Newcastle and London,[3][4] Trotter was educated at St. Paul's School, London and Balliol College, Oxford, and called to the Bar from the Inner Temple. In 1901 he stood 1st class in classical Moderations and in the Final School of Humanities. Trotter won Hertford and Eldon Law Scholarships. He became Assistant Professor of Greek at the University of Liverpool in 1898. Trotter also served as Vinerian Professor of Law and Lecturer in Criminal Law and Evidence in Oxford. He worked under Justice Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe as a junior Barrister in the Madras Presidency. In January 1915 he became a puisne judge of the Madras High Court[5] and was appointed Chief Justice on 3 June 1924. He was subsequently knighted[6] and resigned in 1929[7] due to ill-health; he died at sea on the journey back to England on his 55th birthday.[2][8] He had married in 1905, Dorothy Evelyn Mary, daughter of Admiralty clerk George W. Godfrey[9][10] (author of a one-act comic play, "My Milliner's Bill").[11] They had two sons and two daughters.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "The former Chief Justices". hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Victor Coutts Trotter – Chief Justice of Madras". The Times. 14 May 1929. p. 18.
- ^ The Balliol College Register, Oxford University Press, 1934, p. 212
- ^ a b Who was who in British India, John F. Riddick, Greenwood Press, 1998, p. 367
- ^ "The Indian Biographical Dictionary". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "The London Gazette" (PDF). 30 May 1924. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Volume 1, S. Muthiah (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. Palaniappa Brothers. ISBN 9788183794688. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Madras miscellany". The Hindu. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1931, p. 1334
- ^ Kent & Sussex Courier, 11 Aug. 1905, British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices, digital folder number 102117802
- ^ Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 3- Dramatic Compositions and Motion Pictures, vol. 2, no. 1, Library of Congress Copyright Office, 1929, p. 435