George Claus Rankin
Sir George Claus Rankin
PC
(12 August 1877 – 8 April 1946) was a British judge in India.
Rankin was born in
First World War with the Royal Garrison Artillery.[2]
He went to India in 1918High Court of Calcutta, and then as Chief Justice, from 1926 to 1934.[4] While in India, in 1919 he was given a temporary commission as Major in the Calcutta University Infantry of the Indian Defence Force.[5]
Upon his return to Britain, he was sworn to the
court of last resort
for India and other parts of the British Empire.
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Publications
- George Claus Rankin, Background to Indian Law (Cambridge: University Press, 1946).
References
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- ^ Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
- ^ George Claus Rankin, Background to Indian Law (Cambridge: University Press, 1946), p. vii.
- ^ "Former Chief Justices of the High Court of Calcutta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ London Gazette, 1 June 1920, p. 609.
- ^ London Gazette, 29 March 1935, p. 2121.
- ^ London Gazette, 25 October 1935, p. 6697.
- ^ Baz Manning (13 July 2009). "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ec27 Rankin, G". Flickr. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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