Sir Thomas Strange, 1756 - 1841. Chief Justice in Madras
1799
Sir Thomas Strange was a successful colonial judge and administrator. He was appointed Chief Justice of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1789 - this portrait is a version of a full-length painted for the town hall of Halifax. In 1798 Strange was given the arduous appointment of Recorder and President of the Court at Madras, a city where the administration of justice was notoriously corrupt. On his return from Madras, Strange travelled around Britain and on the continent and published a series of texts on Hindu law.
