predecessor successor death_date office term_start article_title term_end name
john curtois howard sidney abrahams john curtois howard john curtois howard 1951 acting supreme court of ceylon chief justice of ceylon puisne justice of the 1946 1945 1939 francis soertsz
 1946 1945 1939 francis soertsz
francis soertsz

sir francis joseph soertsz -lrb- d. 1951 -rrb- kc was an acting chief justice of ceylon who served on three occasions in 1939 , 1945 and 1946 .
