predecessor successor children office term_start appointer order article_title term_end name
charles marshall henry matthews anthony oliphant william ogle carr anne grace norris 7th supreme court of ceylon advocate fiscal of ceylon chief justice of ceylon puisne justice of the 27 april 1836 1834 28 february 1829 robert wilmot-horton 7th william norris -lrb- judge -rrb-
 1837 27 april 1836 1833 william norris
william norris -lrb- judge -rrb-

sir william norris was the 7th chief justice of ceylon and 7th advocate fiscal of ceylon .
he was appointed on 27 april 1836 succeeding charles marshall and was chief justice until 1837 .
he was succeeded by anthony oliphant .
norris was appointed despite william rough having served on the bench since 1831 , as acting puisne justice , senior puisne justice and as acting chief justice .
his daughter anne grace norris married the future governor arthur havelock .
