Sir William Arrindell | |
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Attorney General of British Guiana | |
In office 1845–1852 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tortola, Virgin Islands | 12 October 1796
Died | 27 December 1862 Demerara, British Guiana | (aged 66)
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]