Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier

Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier
1st Chief Justice of Patna High Court
In office 1 March 1916 – 30 October 1917
Appointed by	George V
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller
Judge of Allahabad High Court
In office 1910–1915
Appointed by	George V
Personal details
Born	(1866-06-04)4 June 1866
Died	17 November 1945(1945-11-17) (aged 79)

Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier KCSI, KCIE (4 June 1866 – 17 November 1945) was a British Indian judge and the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court during the British Raj.

Career

Sir Edward Chamier passed Indian Civil Service. He was knighted on 1 January 1916 and was appointed the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court on 1 March 1916 and retired on 30 October 1917. During this tenure he set up an example of judicial autonomy at the time of inaugurating the High Court building in 1916. In the opening ceremony Justice Chamier neither invited Lieutenant Governor of the province Sir Edward Albert Gait nor even Viceroy Lord Hardinge.

Chamier was legal adviser to the Secretary of State for India in 1925–26.