Thomas Haycraft

Sir Thomas Haycraft
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Palestine
In office
1921 (1921)–1927 (1927)
Succeeded byMichael McDonnell
Chief Justice of Grenada
In office
1916 (1916)–1921 (1921)
Preceded byF. Hardyman Parker
Succeeded byGeorge O'Donnell Walton
Personal details
Born
Thomas Wagstaffe Haycraft

(1858-10-05)5 October 1858
Islington, London, England
Died16 July 1936(1936-07-16) (aged 77)
Surrey, England
Spouse
Pauline Richard
(m. 1891)
RelationsJohn Berry Haycraft (brother)
Children1
OccupationBarrister

Sir Thomas Wagstaffe Haycraft (5 October 1858 – 16 July 1936) was an English barrister of the British Colonial Service. Haycraft served as Chief Justice of Grenada from 1916 to 1921 and Chief Justice of Palestine from 1921 to 1927.[1] In the latter role, he headed the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry which looked into the causes of the Jaffa Riots.[2]

  1. ^ Sachar, Howard A. A History of Israel from Zionism to the Present. Second Edition. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996) p. 125
  2. ^ Daniel Monk. An Aesthetic Occupation: The Immediacy of Architecture and the Palestinian Conflict - Terrible Episodes. (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2002) p. 156