The Honourable Arthur Child (20 November 1852 – 24 August 1902)[1] was a British lawyer, jurist and colonial administrator who was Chief Justice of St Lucia from 1890 to 1902.
He was educated privately at Priory-house School, Clapton and the University College London, and was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on 17 November 1876.
He was appointed acting Chief Justice of Saint Lucia in 1889, and confirmed in the position in 1890.
[1] According to his obituary in The Times, he "was a sound lawyer and none of his decisions were ever reversed upon appeal to the Privy Council".
[1] Child died in office at Castries, St Lucia, on 24 August 1902, leaving a widow and four sons.