Robert Samuel Blay

Robert Samuel Blay
JSC
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
In office
1962–1964
Appointed byKwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born
Robert Samuel Blay

April 8, 1901
Esiama, Gold Coast
Died5 December 1979(1979-12-05) (aged 78)
Sekondi, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
SpouseDinah Blay
Children16, including Mary
ResidenceSekondi
Occupation
  • Barrister
  • Judge
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Robert Samuel Blay, JSC was a Ghanaian barrister and judge. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana during the First Republic.[1] He is often referred to as the first Nzema lawyer.[2] He was president of the Ghana Bar Association on two occasions and also a member of the first board of directors of the Bank of Ghana.[3]

  1. ^ Ghana. Commission appointed to Enquire into the Affairs of the Ghana Timber Marketing Board and the Ghana Timber Co-operative Union (Report). Ministry of Information. 1968.
  2. ^ "ACCEPTANCE SPEECH" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  3. ^ Danquah, J. B. (1967). Dr. J. B. Danquah: Detention and Death in Nsawam Prison: Extracts from Evidence of Witnesses at the Commission of Enquiry Into Ghana Prisons. p. 96.