Sir James Carter (25 January 1805 – 10 March 1878) was a British lawyer and judge. He was

Chief Justice of New Brunswick The chief justice of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada holds the highest office within the Province's judicial system. The Chief Justice is a member of the Court of Appeal, the highest court in the Province which includes five other judges plus ...

from 1851 to 1865.

Biography

Born in

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, England, the son of British Army Captain James Carter who once was mayor of Portsmouth, Carter was educated in

Walthamstow Walthamstow ( or ) is a town within the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London. The town borders Chingford to the north, Snaresbrook and South Woodford to the east, Leyton and Leytonstone to the south, and Tottenham to the west. At ...

where one of his schoolmates was

Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a ...

. He also attended Manchester College, York and

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, where he was a

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. He was called to the bar in 1832 and was appointed in 1834 Chief Justice of

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by the

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Hist ...

Thomas Spring-Rice. He resigned in 1865 and returned to England.

Personal life and death

Carter was married three times, his first wife, Emma, was the daughter of

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. He died in 1878 at Mortimer Lodge,

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* 1805 births 1878 deaths Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century English judges English knights Lawyers from Portsmouth Colony of New Brunswick judges {{Canada-law-bio-stub