Sir Louis Addin Kershaw (27 December 1844 – 17 February 1899) was a British-American judge who was Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court.
Career
Kershaw was born in Ohio, United States to British parents Matthew and Sarah Kershaw. He studied in Bradford Grammar School at Bradford and Pembroke College, Oxford.
On 18 November 1872, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and worked as revising Barrister in Yorkshire.
In 1898, he was knighted and appointed the Chief Justice of Allahabad after John Edge. He became the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, succeeding Sir Charles Frederick Farran. Kershaw served as Queen's or King's Counsel in Bombay.
References
- West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
- 1850 United States Federal Census
- 1881 England Census
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- 1845 births
- 1899 deaths
- Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Chief justices of the Allahabad High Court
- Chief justices of the Bombay High Court
- American expatriates in British India
- American expatriate judges
- 19th-century Indian judges
- 20th-century Indian judges
- People educated at Bradford Grammar School
- People from Ohio
- American people of English descent
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
- British people in colonial India