Charles Wray

Charles Wray (c. 1786 – 2 October 1836) was Chief Justice of Guyana for fourteen years from 1821 to 1835, having been a barrister in England.

Wray was the son of Colonel John Wray, of Park Place, St James's,[1] formerly of Hull, and the brother of another John Wray, the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police from 1829 to 1860. He was educated at Shrewsbury, then took a B.A. (1807) and M.A. (1810) from Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

He was called to the bar in 1811 from Lincoln's Inn, and worked on the Northern Circuit; he was then nominated Recorder of Hull. In 1821, he was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana, and served in this capacity until 1835. He was also a Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of the George Town Brigade of Militia.[3] Shortly after his retirement, Wray died, on 2 October 1836.[4][5] His son, Lieutenant-General Henry Wray C.M.G., was an engineer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

References
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  2. "WRAY, CHARLES (WRY803C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. British Guiana. Courts. General Court Martial; Guiana, British. Courts. General Court Martial; London Missionary Society; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1824). An Authentic Copy of the Minutes of Evidence on the Trial of John Smith, a Missionary, in Demerara: Held at the Colony House, in George Town, Demerara, on Monday, the 13th Day of October, 1823, and 27 Following Days; on a Charge of Exciting the Negroes to Rebellion. Copied Verbatim. S. Burton. p. 5. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  4. Urban, S. (1836). Gentleman's Magazine, Or Monthly Intelligencer. 42. Edward Cave. p. 671. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  5. Barbados Museum and Historical Society (1939). The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Barbados Museum and Historical Society. ISSN 0005-5891. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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