Gazette 17/12/1919 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Assistant Conveyancer - 5/12/1919

Colonial - MLC 1920, Crown Counsel Nigeria 1923 etc.

Trained as a barrister

Member of Legislative Council 1920

Peerage: Sir Henry William Butler Blackall was born on 19 June 1889.¹ He was the son of Henry Blackall and Isabella Emily Butler. He married Maria Severis, daughter of Demosthenes Severis, on 21 April 1934. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He was a genealogist. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.). He was appointed Fellow, Irish Genealogical Research Society (F.I.G.R.S.). He was admitted to King's Inn in 1912 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-law. He fought in the First World War. He was a practising Crown Counsel in 1919. He held the office of Member of the Legislative Council (M.L.C.) [Kenya] in 1920. He was a practising Crown Counsel in 1923 at Nigeria. He held the office of Attorney-General [Cyprus] between 1932 and 1936. He was invested as a Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) in 1935 for Cyprus. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (L.L.D.) by Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He held the office of Attorney-General [Gold Coast] between 1936 and 1943. He held the office of Member of the Executive Council [Gold Coast]. He was Governor's Deputy in 1940. He held the office of Member of the Legislative Council (M.L.C.) [Gold Coast]. He held the office of Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago. He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1945. He held the office of President, West African Court of Appeal between 1948 and 1951, when he retired. He lived at Garden Hill, Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland, which he inherited from his father, but later sold. He wrote the books The Butlers of co Clare, The Galweys of Munster, and other works. As of 1976, Sir Henry William Butler Blackall lived at White Arches, Kyrenia, Cyprus.