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Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange by Benjamin West, National Gallery of Scotland[1]

Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (30 November 1756 – 16 July 1841) was a chief justice in Nova Scotia, known for waging "judicial war" to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners.[2] From 1789 to 1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. He became the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras (which has since become the High Court of Madras) and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817.

  1. ^ A smaller version of this portrait is at the Gallery of Scotland.
  2. ^ Robin Winks. Blacks In Canada, p. 102

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