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'''Albert F.<ref>{{cite web|title=Full Text of Yearbook|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/1912yearbook00royauoft/1912yearbook00royauoft_djvu.txt|website=Royal Colonial Institute|accessdate=22 September 2015}}</ref> Erhardt''' (1862-1929) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] lawyer, judge, and [[British Empire|colonial administrator]].
'''Albert F.<ref>{{cite web|title=Full Text of Yearbook|url=https://archive.org/stream/1912yearbook00royauoft/1912yearbook00royauoft_djvu.txt|website=Royal Colonial Institute|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> Erhardt''' (1862 – 30 August 1929) was a British lawyer, judge, and [[British Empire|colonial administrator]].


Erhardt began practicing Law in 1889, before joining the [[Colonial Office|colonial service]] in 1896 as District Commissioner of [[Lagos]], now in [[Nigeria]]. He went on to become [[Resident of Ibadan]], as well as Attorney-General and Treasurer of Lagos (succeeding [[F. C. Fuller]], in 1902).<ref>{{cite web|title=London Personal Gossip|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4933499|accessdate=1 September 2015|archivedate=30 March 1903}}</ref> In May 1903 he became [[Attorney-General of Fiji]], serving until 1914. During this period he also filled in for [[Charles Henry Major|Sir Charles Major]], the [[Chief Justice of Fiji]] and [[Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific]], from 1910 to 1911, while Major was acting in an interim capacity as [[Governor of Fiji]] and [[High Commissioner for the Western Pacific]].<ref>Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). {{harv|Lavaka|1981|pp=148}}</ref> In 1914, he returned to Africa as a judge of the [[British East Africa]] Protectorate. His final post, in 1920, was as a temporary assistant legal adviser in the Colonial Office.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Garvey|authorlink1=Marcus Garvey|title=April 1920|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=EVwMJlhJXbMC&pg=PA605&lpg=PA605&dq=%22Albert+Ehrhardt%22+%2B+%22Fiji%22&source=bl&ots=fI7MRJ_VB5&sig=6Ix29yBLQcgl2bj6Jo_-Mo7NBAE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBWoVChMIgNGn4urVxwIVZZ6mCh2WxQA9#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Ehrhardt%22%20%2B%20%22Fiji%22&f=false|website=The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920|publisher=Duke University Press|accessdate=1 September 2015|archivedate=15 June 2011}}</ref>
Erhardt graduated from [[Worcester College, Oxford]] in 1885 with a degree in Classics.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Foster |editor1-first=Joseph |editor1-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist) |title=Oxford Men and their Colleges |date=1893 |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |location=Oxford |page=188}}</ref> He began practicing Law in 1889, before joining the [[Colonial Office|colonial service]] in 1896 as District Commissioner of [[Lagos]], now in [[Nigeria]]. He went on to become [[Resident of Ibadan]], as well as Attorney-General and Treasurer of Lagos (succeeding [[F. C. Fuller]], in 1902).<ref>{{cite web|title=London Personal Gossip|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4933499|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> In February 1903 he became [[Attorney-General of Fiji]],<ref>''Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903'', p112</ref> serving until 1914. During this period he also filled in for [[Charles Henry Major|Sir Charles Major]], the [[Chief Justice of Fiji]] and [[Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific]], from 1910 to 1911, while Major was acting in an interim capacity as [[Governor of Fiji]] and [[High Commissioner for the Western Pacific]].<ref>Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). {{harv|Lavaka|1981|pp=148}}</ref> In his role as Attorney-General, he also served in the [[Executive Council of Fiji|Executive Council]] and [[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]].<ref>''Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903'', pp80–81</ref>
In 1914, he returned to Africa as a judge of the [[British East Africa]] Protectorate. His final post, in 1920, was as a temporary assistant legal adviser in the Colonial Office.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marcus Garvey|authorlink1=Marcus Garvey|page=605|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVwMJlhJXbMC&q=%22Albert+Ehrhardt%22+%2B+%22Fiji%22&pg=PA605|title=The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920|year=1983|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0822346907|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>


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|title = The Tonga Ma'a Tonga Kautaha: a watershed in British-Tongan relations
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201416/https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/9209/8858
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 25 August 2024

The Honourable
Albert F. Ehrhardt
10th Attorney-General of Fiji
In office
May 1903 – 1914
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
GovernorSir Henry Jackson
Sir Everard im Thurn
Sir Charles Major (acting)
Sir Francis May
Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott
Preceded byHenry Edward Pollock
Succeeded byAlfred Karney Young
Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
1910 – 21 February 1911
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorSir Charles Major (acting)
Preceded bySir Charles Major
Succeeded bySir Charles Major
Acting Chief Justice of Fiji
In office
1910 – 21 February 1911
MonarchGeorge V
GovernorSir Charles Major (acting)
Preceded bySir Charles Major
Succeeded bySir Charles Major
Personal details
Born1862
Died30 August 1929 (aged 66–67)
NationalityBritish
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
OccupationLawyer

Albert F.[1] Erhardt (1862 – 30 August 1929) was a British lawyer, judge, and colonial administrator.

Erhardt graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1885 with a degree in Classics.[2] He began practicing Law in 1889, before joining the colonial service in 1896 as District Commissioner of Lagos, now in Nigeria. He went on to become Resident of Ibadan, as well as Attorney-General and Treasurer of Lagos (succeeding F. C. Fuller, in 1902).[3] In February 1903 he became Attorney-General of Fiji,[4] serving until 1914. During this period he also filled in for Sir Charles Major, the Chief Justice of Fiji and Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific, from 1910 to 1911, while Major was acting in an interim capacity as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.[5] In his role as Attorney-General, he also served in the Executive Council and Legislative Council.[6]

In 1914, he returned to Africa as a judge of the British East Africa Protectorate. His final post, in 1920, was as a temporary assistant legal adviser in the Colonial Office.[7]

Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney-General of Fiji
1903-1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Acting
Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific
1903-1914 		Succeeded by
Acting
Chief Justice of Fiji
1903-1914

References

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  1. ^ "Full Text of Yearbook". Royal Colonial Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1893). Oxford Men and their Colleges. Oxford: University of Oxford. p. 188.
  3. ^ "London Personal Gossip". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903, p112
  5. ^ Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). (Lavaka 1981, pp. 148)
  6. ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903, pp80–81
  7. ^ Marcus Garvey (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920. Duke University Press. p. 605. ISBN 0822346907. Retrieved 1 September 2015.


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