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5 unusual facts about Edmond Stanley


Edmond Stanley

Sir Edmond Stanley SL (1760–1843) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician who served as Serjeant-at-Law of the Parliament of Ireland, Recorder of Prince of Wales Island, now Penang, and subsequently Chief Justice of Madras.

The Supreme Court of Penang, which was first housed at Fort Cornwallis, was opened on 31 May 1808.

established the right to a permanent Court of Judicature in the settlement of Penang.

Fort Cornwallis

For example, the judge of the Supreme Court of Penang, Sir Edmond Stanley, was first housed at Fort Cornwallis when the court opened on 31 May 1808.

Governance and law of Penang

This was followed by the appointment of the first Supreme Court judge designated as the 'Recorder' and Sir Edmond Stanley assumed office as the First Recorder of the Supreme Court of Penang in 1808.



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