Dennis Kelly (judge)

Dennis Kelly (d. 1757) was a Jamaican judge and planter who served as the chief justice of Jamaica from 1742 to 1746.

[1] His father, also named Denis Kelly, was an Irish-born barrister who immigrated to the English colony of Jamaica at the end of the 17th century.

The elder Denis Kelly married Elizabeth Meade from County Cork and they had seven sons and three daughters.

He returned to Ireland in 1716 to live on lands in Lisduff, County Galway bought by his oldest son, Edmond.

Edmond acquired further estates in Jamaica and served as Attorney General and Speaker.