Ransley Samuel Thacker | |
|---|---|
| 15th Attorney General of Fiji | |
| In office December 1933 – 1938 | |
| Monarchs | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Governor | Sir Arthur Fletcher Cecil Barton(Acting) Sir Arthur Richards |
| Preceded by | Charles Gough Howell |
| Succeeded by | Edward Enoch Jenkins |
| Chief Justice of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Herbert Walter Peebles |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya | |
| In office 1938–1950 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Governor | Sir Robert Brooke-Popham Walter Harragin(Acting) Sir Henry Moore(Acting) Gilbert McCall Rennie(Acting) Sir Philip Mitchell |
| First Class Magistrate | |
| In office 1952–1953 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir Evelyn Baring |
| Preceded by | None (new office) |
| Succeeded by | None (office abolished) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891[1] Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| Died | 3 January 1966[2] Chipunga, Rhodesia[3] |
| Nationality | British subject |
| Spouse(s) | Olive Frances Braithwaite m. 1915 |
| Children | 1 daughter, 1 son |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Jurist |
Ransley Samuel Thacker QC (1891 – 3 January 1966) was a British lawyer and judge. Employed in the colonial service, he served as Chief Justice of St Vincent (1931–1933), Attorney General of Fiji (1933-1938), and as a judge in British Kenya. He is best known for the jailing of Jomo Kenyatta.