Sir Charles Peter Layard (5 December 1849 - 8 June 1916) was the 18th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 26 April 1902 succeeding John Winfield Bonser and was Chief Justice until 18 June 1906. He was succeeded by Joseph Turner Hutchinson.Charles Layard was born in Colombo in 1849 to Charles Peter Layard and Louisa who hailed from a distinguished family whose earlier relatives migrated to Ceylon. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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