Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of Hong Kong

Chief Justice of Hong Kong or erroneously Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (Chinese: 首席按察司, later on 首席大法官) was the most senior judge in the court system in Hong Kong until 1997.

The position was renamed in 1997 as Chief Judge of the High Court, while the role of head of the Hong Kong Judiciary was assumed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal.

A list of former justices of the Supreme Court:

Name Tenure
John Walter Hulme 1844-1860
William Henry Adams 1860-1865
Sir John Jackson Smale 1866-1881
Sir George Phillippo 1882-1888
Sir James Russell 1888-1892
Sir Fielding Clarke 1894
Sir John Worrell Carrington 1896-1901
Sir William Meigh Goodman 1902-1905
Sir Francis Piggott 1905-1912
Sir William Rees-Davies 1912-1924
Sir Henry Cowper Gollan 1924-
Sir Joseph Horsford Kemp 1930-1933
Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor 1934-
Sir Henry William Bulter Blackall 1946-
Sir Leslie Bertram Gibson 1948-
Sir Gerard Lewis Howe 1951-
Sir Michael Hogan 1955-1970
Sir Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby 1971-1975
Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1973-1978
Sir Denys Roberts 1979-1988
Sir Ti-liang Yang 1988-1996
Sir Noel Power 1996-1997 (Acting)

List of Chief Judges of the High Court, who replace the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after 1997:

Name Tenure
Patrick Chan 1997-2000
Arthur Leong Siu-chung 2001-2003
Geoffrey Ma 2003-2010
Andrew Cheung

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