The chief justice of the Leeward Islands headed the Supreme Court of the Leeward Islands.
The British Leeward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960, and consisted of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and Dominica (to 1940). Prior to 1871, when the Supreme Court was established, the individual islands had their own courts.
In 1939 the Windward and Leeward Islands Supreme Court and the Windward and Leeward Islands Court of Appeal were established, which was replaced in 1967 by the
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court which provides both functions.[1]
^Oliver, Langford. The history of the island of Antigua. p. 125.
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abOliver, Langford. The history of the island of Antigua. p. 90.
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abOliver, Langford. The history of the island of Antigua. p. 106.
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abThe history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time. p. 12.
^Oliver, Langford. The history of the island of Antigua. p. 123.
^Oliver, Langford. The history of the island of Antigua. p. 139.
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"Part II". The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. Historical Manuscripts Commission. Vol. 2 (Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part X ed.). London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 510–.
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"Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley (1825–1908)". Biography - Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^"Named Chief Justice. London, Feb. 5". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Canada. 6 February 1940. p. 3 – via
Newspapers.com. The Colonial Office tonight announced appointment of J. H. Jarrett, now Colonial Secretary of the Bahamas, as chief justice of the Windward and Leeward islands.
^"THE LONDON GAZETTE"(PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 15 June 1943. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^Chief Secretary's Office (5 February 1959).
"Ref. No. P.F. 770". The Antigua, Montserrat and Virgin Islands Gazette. Vol. 4, no. 8. by Authority. p. 1. Mr. Henrique's appointment became effective on 24th December, 1958.
^"No. 41534". The London Gazette. 28 October 1958. p. 6590. The Queen has been pleased to give directions for the appointment of Cyril George Xavier Henriques, Esq., (Commissioner for Law Revision, British Honduras) to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Windward and Leeward Islands.
^Government House (23 January 1964).
"Appointment of Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands". The Antigua, Montserrat and Virgin Islands Gazette. Vol. 9, no. 5. by Authority. p. 21. The Secretary of State for the Colonies ... has appointed Mr. Justice Frank E. Field to the office of Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands with effect from 2nd December, 1963.
†Physiographically, these
continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated
North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the
Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.