Philip Bertie Petrides

Sir Philipos Bertie Petrides (27 June 1881 – 19 April 1956), known as Philip Petrides, was a British colonial judge and administrator.[1]

Sir Philip Bertie Petrides
10th Chief Justice of the Gold Coast
In office 1936–1943
Preceded by	Sir George Campbell Deane
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Harragin
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius
In office 1930–1935
Preceded by	Thomas Ernest Roseby
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
In office 1926–1930
Attorney General of Nyasaland
In office 1924–1926
4th Chief Justice of Seychelles
In office 1920–1924
Preceded by	Sir Ewen Reginald Logan
Succeeded by	Sir Justin Louis Devaux
Personal details
Born	(1881-06-27)27 June 1881 Sydenham, London, England
Died	19 April 1956(1956-04-19) (aged 74) Tunbridge Wells
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Dulwich College
Occupation	Judge

Petrides was born in Sydenham, London, the third son of Greek merchant Demetrius Nicetas Petrides (born in Symi, Ottoman Greece)[2] and Ellen Bannerman of Hackney.[3] He was educated in Dulwich and Brussels before being called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1906.[1]

After a decade practising at the Common Law Bar, Petrides was appointed Crown Prosecutor in the Seychelles, where he acted as Chief Justice in 1916–17 and 1918–19. He was Chief Justice of the Seychelles from 1920–1924 and Attorney–General of Nyasaland from 1924–1926. He served on the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1926–1930, was Chief Justice of Mauritius from 1930–1936, and finally Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony from 1936 until 1944, when he retired and returned to England.[1]

He was knighted in the 1936 New Year Honours.[4]

In 1916, he married Clare Cosens, daughter of Mr. George Cosens. They had one son, Felix Bannerman Petrides, and one daughter, Pamela Rachel, who married Capt. Ernest Walter Davie Western.[5]

References

1. "Obituary: Sir Philip Petrides". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 April 1956. p. 14.
2. 1901 England Census
3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
4. "No. 34238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1935. p. 1.
5. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2880.