William Henry Doyle

Sir William Henry Doyle (born Nassau 1823) is believed to be the first Bahamian Knighted by a British Monarch, he was Knighted in December 1873.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on the 20th October 1864, after the resignation of John Campbell Lees.[2] He held the position of Assistant Justice of the General Court before his promotion to Chief Justice of The Bahamas, a position he was appointed to in 1858.[3] In March 1875, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands and later appointed as Chief Justice of Gibraltar from 1877 to 1879.[4]

References
  1. The Nassau Guardian, 3 Jan 1874, pg. 1
  2. Nassau Guardian, 26 Oct 1864, pg. 1
  3. The Times (London, England), 1 May 1879
  4. Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 78.


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