Sir John Leonard Stone, OBE, QC (6 November 1896 – 3 January 1978) was the last British chief justice of the High Court of Bombay, serving from 30 September 1943 until 1948.
He served in the British Home Guard during the Second World War, until 1943, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
He was appointed an OBE in the 1943 New Year Honours (citing his Home Guard service)[1] and knighted in the 1943 Birthday Honours.
[3] He subsequently served as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1948 to 1963.
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