Sir Samuel Bankole-Jones (1911- 1981) was a Sierra Leonean judge of the Supreme Court and later Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. He was awarded a Knighthood of the British Empire in 1965.[1]

Sir
Samuel Bankole-Jones
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
In office
1963–1965
Preceded bySalako Benka-Coker
Succeeded byGershon Collier
Personal details
Born
Samuel Bankole-Jones

1911
Died1981
ProfessionJurist, Justice

Early life and education

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Born in 1911 to Sierra Leone Creole parents, Bankole-Jones attended Methodist Boys' High School in Freetown and later Fourah Bay College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932. He later attended Durham University, followed by the Middle Temple, before being called to the Bar in 1938.

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Bankole-Jones worked as a magistrate, a puisne judge, before his appointment as Chief Justice in 1963.[2] He became the first Sierra Leonean president of the Court of Appeal in 1965.[3] He was later appointed as Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone in 1969 and Judge of the Supreme Court in 1971.

References

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  1. ^ "The London Gazette (1965)" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Judiciary of Sierra Leone". www.judiciary.gov.sl. 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ Crowder, Michael. "Symposium of West African Archaeologists." The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1966, pp. 238–39. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/158948. Accessed 19 Apr. 2023.