Darnley Arthur ALEXANDER

Biographical record

Surname

ALEXANDER

First Name

Darnley

Other Names

Arthur

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

January 28, 1920

Place of Birth

Saint Lucia

Names of Children

had two children

Profession

Fmr Chief Justice of Nigeria;
Legal practitioner

Schools Attended with Dates

St. Mary's College St. Lucia, University of Lon don

Educational Qualification

LL.B. (Hons),

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member of the Nigerian Society of Interna tional Law; Knighted (C.B.E.), January 1963;

Previous Appointments

called to the Bar (Middle Temple) London; held many legal and judicial appoint ments in Nigeria — was Solicitor- General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice in former Western Region, 1960-63; judge of the High Court of Lagos, 1964-69; was Chairman of the Public Enquiries into Owegbe Cult in Edo State (for merly Mid-West), 1965, and chair man of the Public Enquiries into Examination Leakages, 1968; appo inted Chief Justice of South Eastern State (now Cross River State), 1969- 75, the position he held until his appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria August 19, 1975;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

table tennis, swimming.

Social Clubs

patron Lagos Amateur Cricket Club and former vice-patron Nigerian Red Cross Society South Eastern State Branch