William Henry Doyle

Sir William Henry Doyle
Chief Justice of Gibraltar
Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands

Sir William Henry Doyle (born 1823, Nassau, Bahamas) is believed to be the first (1873) Bahamian knighted by a British monarch.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bahamas on 20 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 January 1874, pg. 1
2. Nassau Guardian, 26 October 1864, p. 1
3. The Times (London, England), 1 May 1879.
4. Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 78.