William Arrindell

Sir William Arrindell CB (12 October 1796 – 27 December 1862)[1] was a British judge.[2]

Born in Tortola, the Virgin Islands, he was educated in England.[1] Arrindell worked as barrister in Georgetown[3] and in 1824, he defended John Smith in his trial.[4] Arrindell became Attorney-General of British Guiana in 1845[5] and was subsequently appointed Chief Justice of British Guiana in 1852.[6] He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1858 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the same year.[7]

He died at Demerara, aged 66, from the consequences of a fall from a staircase.[4] His funeral procession stretched for half a mile and was the greatest British Guiana had seen so far.[4]

References

1. Sylvanus, Urban (1863). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 527.
2. Haynes Smith, Hon. W. F. (1886). "Sir William Arrindell". West Indian Quarterly. J. Thomson.: 421. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
3. Peter Riviére, ed. (2006). The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835-1844. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 237. ISBN 0-904180-86-7.
4. The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. vol. VII. London: Yates and Alexander. 1863. p. 266.
5. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence. Westminster: F. Watts. 1845. p. 147.
6. Dalton, Henry G. (2002). The History of British Guiana. vol. II. Adamant Media Corporation. p. 47. ISBN 1-4021-8865-X.
7. Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 94.

Legal offices
Preceded by William Furlonge	Attorney-General of British Guiana 1845 – 1852	Succeeded by Robert Rutledge Craig
Preceded by Jeffery Hart Bent	Chief Justice of British Guiana 1852 – 1862	Succeeded by Joseph Beaumont