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词条 William Bruce-Lyle
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

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William Stacey Bruce-Lyle was a Ghanaian jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and Justice of the Supreme Court of Zambia.

Early life and education

Bruce-Lyle was born on 13 October 1919 in Accra. His primary education was at Government Boys' School, Accra. He had his secondary education at Mfantsipim School and left in 1937. He proceeded to London to study law at the inns of court school of law. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn, London in 1940.[1][2]

Career

After secondary school, Bruce-Lyle worked as a second division clerk at Ghana Civil Service until 1946. He was appointed district magistrate in 1953, senior magistrate in 1958 and circuit judge in 1960. He was appointed judge of the high court in 1961 and he served in that capacity for three years. In 1964 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana and he remained in that position until 1966 when Nkrumah's government was ousted from power. He moved to Zambia where he became senior magistrate of Zambia from 1968 to 1971. He became a high court judge in Zambia from 1971 to 1976. He was appointed judge of the Zambian Supreme Court in 1976 until his retirement in 1980.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Bruce-Lyle married Rosamond Alexandra Bannerman in 1951. They had two sons and two daughters. His second son Frederick Bruce-Lyle was a jurist of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and his daughter Desiree Bruce-Lyle[4] is a jurist of San Diego Superior Court, United States.

His hobbies include reading and golf.[2][1]

References

1. ^{{cite journal |title=Africa Who's who |url=https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=9EAOAQAAMAAJ&dq=bruce+lyle+africa+whos+who&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=lyle |page=385 |date=1991}}
2. ^{{cite journal |title=Ghana Year Book |url=https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=IMWjuUvtNCUC&dq=bruce+lyle&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=lyle |publisher=Daily Graphic |page=185 |date=1966}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=42390|title= Evolution of Judiciary since 1964|publisher=Davies M.M.Chanda|accessdate= 22 February 2016}}
4. ^San Diego Daily Transcript,[https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghanaian-Born-Woman-Appointed-Judge-to-Superior-Court-14796 "Ghanaian Born Woman Appointed Judge to Superior Court"], Ghanaweb, 20 April 2001.
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