Bruce Burnside


Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Burnside was the 16th Chief Justice of Ceylon and 25th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon.

Career

He served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas from November 1866 to February 1867.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Ceylon on 21 May 1883 succeeding Jacobus de Wet and served as Chief Justice until 1889. He was succeeded by John Winfield Bonser.
Harry Dias Bandaranaike acted as Chief Justice from 9 January to 6 June 1888 when Burnside and Lovell Clarence went on leave. Clarence acted from November 1890 to February 1891 when Burnside and Bandaranaike retired.

Personal life

Burnside was born to John and Mary Burnside. His son Robert Bruce Burnside was a judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.