Charles Frederic Belcher

Sir Charles Frederic Belcher OBE (1876 – 1970) was an Australian lawyer, author, British colonial jurist and amateur ornithologist.

For much of his life he served the British Colonial Service in Africa and elsewhere. In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, an office he held for the next seven years. Other positions held include Assistant Judge in Zanzibar, Puisne Judge in Kenya, Member of the Appeals Court of East Africa, Attorney General and later High Court Judge of Nyasaland, Chief Justice of Cyprus and President of the Appeal Court of the West Indies.

He was a founding member of both the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901 and the Bird Observers Club in 1905. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1949. His published books include:

Works

• Belcher, Charles F. (1914). The Birds of the District of Geelong, Australia. W.J. Griffiths: Geelong.
• Belcher, Charles Frederic. (1930). The Birds of Nyasaland. Technical Press: London.

References

• Chisholm, A.H. (1970). Obituary. Sir Charles Belcher. Emu 70: 91-92.
• Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Philip James Macdonell	Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago 1930 – 1937	Succeeded by Charles Cyril Gerathy