Charles Murray-Aynsley

Sir Charles Murray Murray-Aynsley (28 November 1893 – 30 August 1967) was a British colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of Singapore from 1946 to 1955.

He was educated at Marlborough College, St Paul's School, and at St John's College, Cambridge where he received double firsts in history and law.

[1][2] In 1920, Murray-Aynsley was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple and practised on the North-eastern circuit from 1920 to 1927.

He then joined the Colonial Judicial Service and went to Belize, British Honduras as District Commissioner and acted as Attorney-General on several occasions.

[3] He served as Chief Justice of Tonga (1930–1935); Chief Justice of Grenada (1935–1938),[4] and Puisne Judge of the Federated Malay States and Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements.