John Goldney

Sir John Tankerville Goldney (15 June 1846 – 11 April 1920) was a British barrister who rose to be Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, and was also High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1910.

[2] He attended Harrow School,[3] studied at Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] and was called to the bar by Inner Temple on 30 April 1869.

[9] In 1892, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago[10][11] and was honoured as a Knight Bachelor in the following year.

[12] He resigned his office in 1899 and returned to England, where he was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1910 and a Justice of the Peace for the same county.

[3] He died on 11 April 1920 and was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham alongside other members of his family.