| SirSamuel Bankole-Jones | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Sierra Leone | |
| In office 1963–1965 | |
| Preceded by | Salako Benka-Coker |
| Succeeded by | Gershon Collier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Bankole-Jones 1911 |
| Died | 1981 |
| Profession | Jurist, Justice |
Sir Samuel Bankole-Jones (1911- 1981) was a Sierra Leonean judge of the Supreme Court and later Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. He was awarded a Knighthood of the British Empire in 1965.
Early life and education
Born in 1911 to Sierra Leone Creole parents, Bankole-Jones attended Methodist Boys' High School in Freetown and later Fourah Bay College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932. He later attended Durham University, followed by the Middle Temple, before being called to the Bar in 1938.
Career and legal luminary
Bankole-Jones worked as a magistrate, a puisne judge, before his appointment as Chief Justice in 1963. He became the first Sierra Leonean president of the Court of Appeal in 1965. He was later appointed as Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone in 1969 and Judge of the Supreme Court in 1971.
References
- "The London Gazette (1965)" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 19 April 2023.
- "Judiciary of Sierra Leone". www.judiciary.gov.sl. 19 April 2023.
- Crowder, Michael. "Symposium of West African Archaeologists." The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1966, pp. 238–39. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/158948. Accessed 19 Apr. 2023.
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