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Name: CREAN, Bernard Arthur, Sir
Birth Date: 4 July 1881 Belfast
Death Date: 10 Oct 1956 Belfast
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1930
Profession: Legal Service
Area: Nairobi
Married: No
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Dominion
School: St Malachy's; Queen's Univ Belfast
General Information:
Colonial - Dep. registrar of titles Kenya Oct. 1920; Res. Magistrate Apr. 1921; Puisne Judge Sup. Court of Cyprus Apr. 1930; Ch. Justice Br. Guiana Apr. 1934; Cyprus 1938
East Africa & Rhodesia - 15/11/56 - Sir Bernard Crean, who has died in Belfast at the age of 75, joined the Colonial Legal Service in 1920 and was appointed deputy recorder of titles in East Africa. He later became resident magistrate in Nairobi, and on several occasions acted as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony. He was Chief Justice in Cyprus at the time of his retirement in 1943.
Dominion - Resident Magistrate 1930
KAD 1922 - District and Resident Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Barrister-at-Law (King's Inn Dublin), Nairobi