John Curtois Howard

Sir John Curtois Howard KC
27th Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office 1 December 1939 – 1945
Appointed by	Andrew Caldecott
Preceded by	Sidney Abrahams Francis Soertsz as acting
Succeeded by	Arthur Wijewardena Francis Soertsz as acting
24th Attorney General of Ceylon
In office 27 July 1936 – 1936
Preceded by	Edward St. John Jackson
Succeeded by	John William Ronald Illangakoon
Attorney General of Cyprus
In office 1925–1926
Succeeded by	Charles Cyril Howard

Sir John Curtois Howard KC was the 27th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1939 succeeding the acting Francis Soertsz and was Chief Justice until 1945. He was succeeded by Arthur Wijewardena, also after the acting Francis Soertsz.^[1][2] He also served as Attorney General of Cyprus.^[3]

References

1. "Overview". Judicial Service Commission Secretariat. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. HOWARD, Sir John Curtois. Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. Kyprianou, Despina (2009). The Role of the Cyprus Attorney General's Office in Prosecutions: Rhetoric, Ideology and Practice: Rhetoric, Ideology and Practice. Springer. p. 231.