Edward Loughlin O'Malley

Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley
Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley
Chief Judge of the HBM Supreme Consular Court in the Ottoman Empire
In office
1898–1903
Chief Justice of British Guiana
In office
1895–1898
Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
In office
1889–1892
Preceded bySir Thomas Sidgreaves
Succeeded byElliot Bovill
Attorney General of Hong Kong
In office
1879–1889
Preceded byJulian Pauncefote
Succeeded byThomas Hayllar
Attorney General of Jamaica
In office
1876–1879
Personal details
Born(1842-02-17)17 February 1842
Died16 August 1932(1932-08-16) (aged 90)
Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, England
NationalityBritish
SpouseEmma Winifred Hardcastle
ChildrenOwen O'Malley and Charles Loughlin Meyler Brent O'Malley
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge (B.A., M.A.)
OccupationLawyer, judge

Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley (17 February 1842 – 16 August 1932)[1] was a British lawyer and judge. He served as attorney general and chief justice of a number of British colonies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His last position before retirement was as chief justice of the British Supreme consular court in the Ottoman Empire.

  1. ^ Staff (17 August 1932). "Death of Sir Edward O'Malley". Edinburgh Evening News. p. 11. Retrieved 11 August 2014 – via The British Newspaper Archive. It is announced by the "Times" that Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley, formerly of the Colonial Judicial Service, died yesterday at his residence, Denton House, Cuddesdon, Oxford, aged 92. From 1914 to 1927 he was chairman of the Oxfordshire Quarter Sessions. He contested Kensington in 1906 and Lewisham in 1910.