Brigadier Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie CMG (26 March 1888 – 26 November 1969)[1] was an English barrister who served as the first Chief Justice of North Borneo.[2]
Charles Macaskie | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 1st Chief Justice of North Borneo | |
| In office 1934–1945 | |
| Nominated by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Appointed by | George V |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ivor Llewellyn Brace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie 26 March 1888 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 26 November 1969 (aged 81) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality |  England |
| Spouse(s) |
Maggie Winifred Mary Bruce
(m. 1918; div. 1926)Doris Legg (m. 1946) |
| Children | Ian Bruce Macaskie |
| Parent(s) | Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie (Father) Mary Calthorpe Emslie (Mother) |
| Residence(s) | Folkestone, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | Gray's Inn |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Royal West Kent Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Career
editIn 1910, Macaskie had remained in the British protectorate of North Borneo after the First World War ended to work as a British government official.[3] Between 1934 and 1945, he served as the Chief Justice and Deputy Governor of North Borneo.[4][5] After the Japanese occupation of British Borneo, Macaskie returned and was appointed chief civil affairs officer for the period 1945-1946 and was later made commissioner for war damage claims for the Borneo Territories between 1947 and 1951.[2]
After he left North Borneo, Macaskie held the position of acting British judge at New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in 1955, 1958 and 1959.[2]
Personal life
editMacaskie' first marriage was to Maggie Winifred Mary Macaskie (née Bruce), who bore him a son in 1919, Ian Bruce Macaskie. Due to Macaskie' frequent work travels into the interior region of Borneo, his family was often left alone in the capital Jesselton.[3] In 1922, his wife fell pregnant with a Scottish man's child. Macaskie sent the family back to England to allow Maggie to give birth in more hospitable conditions and agreed to be listed as the child's father.[3] Later, during one of Macaskie' trip back to Kent, the couple agreed to officially separate and eventually divorced in 1926.[3]
Honours
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United Kingdom :
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1946)[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Charles Frederick Cunningham Macaskie". 12 November 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Papers of Charles Frederick C. Macaskie". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Who was my Father?". 19 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Wong, Danny Tze-ken (2009). "GOVERNORS OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO AND HEADS OF STATE OF SABAH: A Brief History". Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Jones, P.; Sinclair, J.; Cook, C.; Weeks, Jeffrey (25 April 1985). Sources in British Political History 1900-1951: Volume 6: First Consolidated Supplement. ISBN 9781349178254. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "CHANCERY OF THE ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE" (PDF). The London Gazette. 1 January 1946. Retrieved 14 August 2019.