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词条 William Burkitt (judge)
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  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. District Grandmaster of Bengal

  4. Emir of Afghanistan

  5. Personal life

  6. Later life

  7. References

  8. External links

Sir William Robert Burkitt (1838 – 16 June 1908) was an Irish judge in British India in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Education

From the Irish branch of a prominent family of judges, theologians, and doctors, Sir William was born in Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and called to the bar at Middle Temple.

He took the Indian Civil Service exams in 1860 and graduated to the Bengal Civil Service in 1869.[1]

Career

William Burkitt arrived in India 11 October 1861.

From October 1862, he served in the North Western Provinces as Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, District and Sessions Judge (August 1867) Gorakhpur, Basti, Banda, Cawnpore (or Kanpur), Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Etawah, Azamgarh & Mutter (or Mathura) 1862-1891,[2] and a Judicial Commissioner in locations such as Oudh (1891), Allahabad,[3] Delhi and Calcutta.

He served as a High Court Judge in Allahabad 1895-1908[4][5] and was appointed Chief Justice of the United Provinces and Puisne Judge(1895), the most senior judge in British India.[6][7]

He was made a Knight Bachelor on 19 July 1904,[8][9][10] the year of his retirement.

District Grandmaster of Bengal

Burkitt was District Grand Mark Master[11] of District Grand Mark Lodge, Bengal and then District Grandmaster of Bengal,[12][13] presiding over Freemasonry for over half of India's population in the Bengal Presidency.

Emir of Afghanistan

His most well-known achievement was, together with Lord Kitchener (then District Grandmaster of Punjab), to induct the Emir of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan at Freemasons Hall at Lodge Concordia in Park Street, Kolkata in 1907.[12] This lodge is the home of the United Grand Lodge of Bengal of which Burkitt was District Grandmaster.

An account of this highly unusual event was written at the time by Sir Henry McMahon.[14][15][16][17][18] It was performed in an unusual style, the Emir taking all three ordinary degrees of masonry at once - a rare event rumoured to signify membership of the Roshaniya.[19]

Personal life

Married first to Katheleen Dwyer (who was lost at sea [20]) and then to Frances Gill,[21] he had a number of children[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] with both wives.

His son William John Dwyer Burkitt, also a judge, was tipped to follow in his father's footsteps but died young from pneumonia on 19 May 1918 in Nainital.

Later life

He died in at Norris's Hotel, 48-53 Russell Road, Kensington, London[31] on 16 June 1908 once his health had declined after a life in the Gangetic climate. It was normal for luminaries of the British Raj to retire to London.

References

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3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/Judges/ex-judge1866-1899.htm|title=Former Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and its Bench at Lucknow(1866-1899)|website=www.allahabadhighcourt.in}}
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6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA452&lpg=PA452&dq=Burkitt+Puisne&source=bl&ots=epIBY4jET2&sig=kVY13tWbHLKvypMfHTBUT8OLj1U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL-dDmwqzaAhWSbFAKHeFWC6wQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=Burkitt%20Puisne&f=false|title=The India List and India Office List|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1028400|title=National Archives of India - Appointment of Mr. Burkitt to be a Judge of the High Court, North-Western Provinces. Continuance of the appointment of the Fifth Puisne Judge of the Court for another year|last=|first=|date=March 1895|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
8. ^{{London Gazette | issue=27698 | date=22 July 1904 | pages=4755 | supp= }}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l4xUsPyL6koC&pg=RA1-PA418&lpg=RA1-PA418&dq=Burkitt+Puisne&source=bl&ots=vcOEzn5GiB&sig=xz8l9YDBurs7wGQGoKaB6ys65-4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL-dDmwqzaAhWSbFAKHeFWC6wQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Burkitt%20Puisne&f=false|title=The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time ..., Volume 1|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1277502|title=National Archives of India - Confermrnt of the honour of Knighthood upon (1) Dr. Gorroo Dass Bannerjee, lately a Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, Bengal. (2) Edward Townshend Candy, Esq., C.S.I., retired, lately a Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. (3) The Honble Mr. W.R. Burkitt, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces. (4) The Honble Mr. D.P. Masson, C.I.E., V.D., Lieutenant-Colonel and Commandent of the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps, Honorary A.D.C. to His Excellency the Viceroy, and Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
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13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://masonicperiodicals.org/static/media/periodicals/119-FVL-1898-08-27-001-SINGLE.pdf|title=A VETERAN PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://home.golden.net/~djjcameron/16.1.pdf|title=The Newsletter of the Committee on Masonic Education Vol. 16 No. 1 - "THE AMIR 'TAKES THREE"|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.kernowkid.com/uploads/2/9/1/2/29126801/the_emir_of_afghanistan_-_a_mason.pdf|title=The Emir of Afghanistan (1872-1919) Freemason A Royal Occasion A Royal Masonic Occasion (An Account of the entry of H M Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghanistan into Freemasonry) By Sir Henry McMahon|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
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External links

  • http://www.lodgeofcharity4105.org.uk/news.html
  • http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080629/jsp/calcutta/story_9466827.jsp
  • http://www.mightypeace.ca/AN_ACCOUNT_OF_THE_ENTRY_OF_H.pdf
  • http://www.thedigitalfreemason.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=66
  • http://www.kinggeorgelodge.com/downloads/education/tdf059-royal_masonic_occasion.pdf
  • http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/freemasonry_and_colonialism/
  • http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/19/mcmahon_habibullah_khan.jpg
  • http://www.ilovekolkata.in/index.php/My-City/How-the-plot-thickened.html
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA452&vq=Burkitt&dq=Judge+Sir+WR+Burkitt&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0
  • http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/event/LawAndLaughterGyanendraKumar.pdf
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