Jacob William Barth Explained

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jacob William Barth CBE (23 July 1871 – 30 May 1941) was a British lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate and Chief Justice of Kenya.

Biography

Barth was born in London, United Kingdom in 1871.^[1] He attended Battersea Grammar School and matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1890.^[2] Barth was admitted to Middle Temple and called to the bar on 27 June 1900.^[3] He served as Attorney General of the East Africa Protectorate between 1914 and 1918.^[4]

In 1920, he was appointed Chief Justice of Kenya and remained in the post until he retired in 1934.^[5]

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1916 and Knight Bachelor in 1922.^[6] Barth died in Albury, Surrey in 1941.

See also

• Chief Justice of Kenya
• Attorney General of Kenya

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. archive.org. 24 December 2022.
2. Web site: Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. archive.org. 24 December 2022.
3. Web site: Register of admissions to Middle Temple. archive.middletemple.org.uk. 13 August 2017. 26 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150526204927/http://archive.middletemple.org.uk/Shared%20Documents/MTAR/updated/1886-1909.pdf. dead.
4. Kenya Gazette, 4 March 1914.
5. Web site: Office of the Chief Justice. 24 December 2022. judiciary.go.ke.
6. Whitakers Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1923, London, England.