Summary
Albert F.[1] Erhardt (1862 – 30 August 1929) was a British lawyer, judge, and colonial administrator.
Albert F. Ehrhardt | |
|---|---|
| 10th Attorney-General of Fiji | |
| In office May 1903 – 1914 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
| Governor | Sir Henry Jackson Sir Everard im Thurn Sir Charles Major (acting) Sir Francis May Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott |
| Preceded by | Henry Edward Pollock |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Karney Young |
| Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
| In office 1910 – 21 February 1911 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Sir Charles Major (acting) |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Major |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Major |
| Acting Chief Justice of Fiji | |
| In office 1910 – 21 February 1911 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Sir Charles Major (acting) |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Major |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Major |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 |
| Died | 30 August 1929 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Erhardt graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1885 with a degree in Classics.[2] He began practicing Law in 1889, before joining the colonial service in 1896 as District Commissioner of Lagos, now in Nigeria. He went on to become Resident of Ibadan, as well as Attorney-General and Treasurer of Lagos (succeeding F. C. Fuller, in 1902).[3] In February 1903 he became Attorney-General of Fiji,[4] serving until 1914. During this period he also filled in for Sir Charles Major, the Chief Justice of Fiji and Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific, from 1910 to 1911, while Major was acting in an interim capacity as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.[5] In his role as Attorney-General, he also served in the Executive Council and Legislative Council.[6]
In 1914, he returned to Africa as a judge of the British East Africa Protectorate. His final post, in 1920, was as a temporary assistant legal adviser in the Colonial Office.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Full Text of Yearbook". Royal Colonial Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1893). Oxford Men and their Colleges. Oxford: University of Oxford. p. 188.
- ^ "London Personal Gossip". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903, p112
- ^ Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). (Lavaka 1981, pp. 148)
- ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903, pp80–81
- ^ Marcus Garvey (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920. Duke University Press. p. 605. ISBN 0822346907. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Lavaka, Penny (1981). "The Tonga Ma'a Tonga Kautaha: a watershed in British-Tongan relations". Pacific Studies. 4 (2, Spring 1981). Institute for Polynesian Studies. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.