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The '''chief justice of [[Hong Kong]]''' was, until 1997, the chief judge (((zh|t=首席按察司)), later 首席大法官) of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the most senior judge in the court system.

==Supreme Court of Hong Kong==

The [[Supreme Court of Hong Kong]] existed from 1844 (before the establishment of the court (1841-1844), legal proceedings would likely have been undertaken by the British military courts and commanding officers) when British civilian control of Hong Kong commenced until 1997 when Hong Kong was returned to China. Only the last chief justice, [[Yang Ti-liang|Sir Ti-liang Yang]], was Chinese by ethnicity (British subject, later a [[British Overseas Territories|British Dependent Territory]] citizen); the remainder were all [[British people|British]] or [[Irish people|Irish]], two of whom, [[James Russell (Hong Kong judge)|Sir James Russell]] and [[Joseph Horsford Kemp|Sir Joseph H. Kemp]], both Irishmen, spoke Chinese.

==Renaming of Supreme Court and title in 1997==

In 1997, the [[Supreme Court of Hong Kong]] was renamed the [[High Court of Hong Kong]].  The position was accordingly changed to ''Chief Judge of the High Court'', while the role of head of the Hong Kong Judiciary was assumed by the [[Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal|chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal]]. The Court of Final Appeal was established to replace the role of the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] as Hong Kong's final appellate court.

==List of pre-1997 chief justices==

The following table lists former chief justices of the [[Supreme Court of Hong Kong]] prior to 1997. See the [[High Court of Hong Kong]] for a list of chief judges of the High Court.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! colspan="2" class = "unsortable"| Chief Justice
! style="width:15%;" class = "unsortable" |Term of office
! style="width:15%;" class = "unsortable" |Appointer
! style="width:40%;" class = "unsortable"|Remarks
|-
| '''1'''
|[[File:John Walter Hulme.png|100px]]
|[[John Walter Hulme]]||1844–1860
| [[John Francis Davis|Sir John Francis Davis]]
|align=left| First Chief Justice of Hong Kong in 1844.  Practising barrister in England.  Retired on a Pension.
|-
| '''2'''
|[[File:William Henry Adams.jpg|100px]]
|[[William Henry Adams]]||1860–1865
|[[Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead|Sir Hercules Robinson]]
|align=left| Appointed [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] in 1859.  Immediately acted as Chief Justice due to Hulme being on sick leave in 1859.  Appointed to substantive position on Hulme's retirement.  Died in office.
|-
| '''3'''
| [[File:Sir John Jackson Smale.jpg|100px]]
|[[John Jackson Smale|Sir John Jackson Smale]]||1866–1881
|[[Richard Graves MacDonnell|Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell]]
|align=left|  [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1861 to 1866.  Retired on a pension.
|-
| '''4'''
|[[File:Sir George Philippo 1879-1882.jpg|100px]]
|[[Sir George Phillippo]]||1882–1888
|[[Malcolm Struan Tonnochy]]
|align=left| [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1876 to 79.  Chief Justice of [[Gibraltar]] from 1879 to 1882.  Retired on a pension.
|-
| '''5'''
|[[File:James Russell in 1871.png|100px]]
|[[James Russell (Hong Kong judge)|Sir James Russell]]||1888–1892
|[[William Des Voeux|Sir William Des Voeux]]
|align=left| [[Puisne Judge]] of Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1883 to 1888.  Retired due to ill health.
|-
| '''6'''
| [[File:Sir Fielding Clarke.jpg|100px]]
|[[Fielding Clarke|Sir Fielding Clarke]]||1892–1896
|rowspan=2|[[William Robinson (governor)|Sir William Robinson]]
|align=left| Chief Judicial Commissioner, Western Pacific (1882 to 1883 and 1884), ()[[Chief Justice of Fiji]] (1881-1885) prior to appointment.  Became [[List of Chief Justices of Jamaica|Chief Justice of Jamaica]] 1896-1911.
|-
| '''7'''
| [[File:Sir John Worrell Carrington, Jurist, 1897.jpg|100px]]
|[[John Worrell Carrington|Sir John Worrell Carrington]]||1896–1901
|align=left| Solicitor General of Barbados and acted as Attorney General (1878-1881), Chief Justice of St. Lucia and Tobago (1882-1889), Administered the Government of Tobago (1883-1885), Acting Chief Justice of Grenada (1886), Attorney General British Guiana (1889-1896). Retired from Hong Kong on a pension.
|-
| '''8'''
| [[File:William Meigh Goodman.jpg|100px]]
|[[William Meigh Goodman|Sir William Meigh Goodman]]||1902–1905
|[[Henry Arthur Blake|Sir Henry Arthur Blake]]
|align=left| [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1889 to 1902. Former solicitor General of Barbados in 1878 to 1882, Chief Justice of St Lucia and Tobago 1882 to 1889 and Administrator of Tobago from 1883 to 1885. Retired due to ill health.
|-
| '''9'''
| [[File:Francis Taylor Piggott.jpg|100px]]
|[[Francis Piggott (judge)|Sir Francis Piggott]]||1905–1912
|[[Sir Matthew Nathan]]
|align=left| Procureur-General of [[Mauritius]] 1893-1904 prior to appointment.  Compulsorily retired.   Commenced practice as junior counsel at bar in Hong Kong 1912-1914.
|-
| '''10'''
| [[File:William Rees-Davies.png|100px]]
|[[William Rees-Davies (judge)|Sir William Rees-Davies]]||1912–1924
|[[Claud Severn]]
|align=left| [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1907 to 1912.  Retired on a pension.
|-
| '''11'''
| [[File:Henry Cowper Gollan.jpg|100px]]
|[[Henry Gollan|Sir Henry Gollan]]||1924–1930
|[[Reginald Edward Stubbs|Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs]]
|align=left|  Chief Justice of Bermuda (1904-1911), [[Attorney General of Ceylon]] (1918-1924) prior to appointment. Member of the Full Court of the British Supreme Court for China in Shanghai 1926-1930. Retired on a pension in 1930.
|-
| '''12'''
| [[File:Sir Joseph Kemp.jpg|100px]]
|[[Joseph Horsford Kemp|Sir Joseph H. Kemp]]||1930–1933
|[[Thomas Southorn]]
|align=left|  [[Puisne Judge]] Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1913 to 1915.  [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1915 to 1930.  Retired on a pension.
|-
| '''13'''
|[[File:Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice of Hong Kong.png|100px]]
|[[Atholl MacGregor|Sir Atholl MacGregor]]||1934–1945
|[[William Peel (colonial administrator)|Sir William Peel]]
|align=left|  Attorney General of  Trinidad (1926-1929) and Kenya (1929-1933) prior to appointment.  Interned in [[Stanley Internment Camp]], WWII.  Died immediately after war en route to England.
|-
| '''14'''
|
|[[Henry Blackall|Sir Henry Blackall]]|| 1946–1948
|[[Mark Aitchison Young|Sir Mark Young]]
|align=left|  Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago (1943-1946) prior to appointment. Later was appointed President of the West African Court of Appeals (1948-1951).
|-
| '''15'''
|[[File:Leslie Gibson Chief Justice of Hong Kong.png|100px]]
|[[Leslie Bertram Gibson|Sir Leslie Gibson]]|| 1948–1951
|rowspan=3| [[Sir Alexander Grantham]]
|align=left| Attorney General of Trinidad (1940-1944), Attorney General of [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] (1944-1948) prior to appointment.  Later served as legal adviser to the [[Foreign Office]].
|-
| '''16'''
|[[File:Sir Gerard Howe (r1) (2).jpg|100px]]
|[[Gerard Lewis Howe|Sir Gerard Howe]]|| 1951–1955
|align=left|  Solicitor General in Nigeria (1941-1946), Attorney General of [[Nigeria]] (1946-1950) prior to appointment.  Died in office.
|-
| '''17'''
|
|[[Michael Joseph Hogan|Sir Michael Hogan]]||1955–1970
|align=left|  Attorney General in Aden (1944-1945), Attorney General of Malaya (1950-1955) prior to appointment.  Picture shows Hogan at opening of 1967 Assizes.
|-
| '''18'''
|
|[[Ivo Rigby|Sir Ivo Rigby]]||1970–1973
|[[David Trench|Sir David C.C. Trench]]
|align=left|  Senior [[Puisne Judge]], Hong Kong, 1961-1970.  Picture shows Rigby heading parade at opening of 1970 Assizes
|-
| '''19'''
|
|[[Geoffrey Briggs|Sir Geoffrey Briggs]]||1973–1978
|rowspan=2| [[Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch|Sir Murray MacLehose]]
|align=left|  [[Puisne Judge]], Hong Kong 1965-1973.
|-
| '''20'''
|
|[[Denys Roberts|Sir Denys Roberts]]||1979–1988
|align=left|  [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]] from 1966 to 1973. [[Chief Secretary for Administration|Colonial/Chief Secretary]] from 1973 to 1979.
|-
| '''21'''
| 
|[[Yang Ti-liang|Sir Ti-liang Yang]]||1988–1996
|[[David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn|Sir David Wilson]] 
|align=left| First Chinese Chief Justice.  Resigned to contest position of [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]].
|-
| '''–'''
| 
|[[Noel Power|Sir Noel Power]]||1996–1997<br>''Acting''
|[[Chris Patten]]
|align=left|  Acting CJ pending [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|handover]] of Hong Kong to China 1997.  Vice President of the Court of Appeal of the [[Supreme Court of Hong Kong]]. Later Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court (1997-1999), Justice of the [[Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam]] (2003-2007) and as President (2007-2009).
|-
|}

==See also==

* [[Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal]]
* [[High Court of Hong Kong]]
* [[Supreme Court of Hong Kong]]
* [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]]

==References==
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((British dependencies chief justices|state = collapsed))

[[Category:Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations]]
[[Category:Supreme Court (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong|*]]

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