John Worrell Carrington
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Sir John Worrell Carrington, was a British jurist, elected representative, and colonial administrator between 1872 and 1902. He served the Caribbean colonies of Barbados, St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, a
Sir John Worrell Carrington
King's Counsel
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A King's Counsel is a senior lawyer, usually a barrister, appointed in theory by the monarch, in practice by the government or judicial authorities, of some Commonwealth realms as a "counsel learned i
John Worrell Carrington
…now for British Guiana from 1889 to 1896, during which time he collated four volumes of The Laws of British Guiana (1774–1895) and was appointed a Queen's Counsel (1890). In 1896, he took the appointment of Chief Justice of Hong Kong, presiding as the chief judge of the Supreme Court. Soon after his appointment…
A 1903 caricature of King's Counsel Robert McCall, wearing his court robes at the Bar of England and Wales. For court, he wears a short wig, and bands instead of lace at the collar, but he retains the silk gown and court tailcoat worn on ceremonial occasions.
Caricature of Serjeant William Ballantine SL wearing court dress. The extremely small skullcap on the very top of the wig is a vestigal coif, worn only by serjeants-at-law. Caption reads "He resisted the temptation to cross-examine a Prince of the blood"; Vanity Fair, 5 March 1870