Legal papers relating to service in Bermuda, Nigeria, Gold Coast and the West Indies, including judgements, speeches and recordings of meetings, 1926-1955
Papers of Sir Allan Chalmers Smith
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 442
- Dates of Creation
- 1926-1955
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Allan Chalmers Smith (1893-1980) trained as a barrister-at-law at Grays Inn, and fought in the First World War, 1914-1918. He later served as a police magistrate in Bermuda from 1928 and in Nigeria from 1935. He was made puisne judge in Trinidad, 1938 and the Gold Coast, 1944. He served as Chief Justice, Sierra Leone, 1951-1955. In 1955 he was appointed Attorney-General of Bermuda. He also served as Commissioner of the Pre-Federal Judicial Commission set up in the British West Indies. His final appointment was as an assistant justice in Bermuda in 1956, a post which he held until his retirement in 1965.
Access Information
Bodleian reader's ticket required.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 616 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Conditions Governing Use
No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.
Custodial History
The papers were donated to the Oxford Colonial Records Project by Sir Allan Chalmers Smith on 17th May 1967.