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'''Albert F.<ref>{{cite web|title=Full Text of Yearbook|url=https://archive.org/stream/1912yearbook00royauoft/1912yearbook00royauoft_djvu.txt|website=Royal Colonial Institute|accessdate=22 September 2015}}</ref> Erhardt''' (1862 – 30 August 1929) was a 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|accessdate=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://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4933499|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</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}}</ref>
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://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4933499|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref> In February 1903 he became [[Attorney-General of Fiji]],<ref>''Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903'', p80</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 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}}</ref>


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Revision as of 14:06, 8 March 2019

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 materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationLawyer

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

Erhardt 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).[2] In February 1903 he became Attorney-General of Fiji,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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

  1. ^ "Full Text of Yearbook". Royal Colonial Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ "London Personal Gossip". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903, p80
  4. ^ Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). (Lavaka 1981, pp. 148)
  5. ^ Garvey. "April 1920". The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920. Duke University Press. Retrieved 1 September 2015.