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] After he left North Borneo, Macaskie held the position of acting British judge at New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in 1955, 1958 and 1959.

Due to Macaskie' frequent work travels into the interior region of Borneo, his family was often left alone in the capital Jesselton.

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.