# Albert Ehrhardt

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British colonial judge

The Honourable Albert F. Ehrhardt 10th Attorney-General of Fiji In office May 1903 – 1914 Monarchs Edward VII George V Governor Sir Henry Jackson Sir Everard im Thurn Sir Charles Major (acting) Sir Francis May Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott Preceded by Henry Edward Pollock Succeeded by Alfred Karney Young Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific In office 1910 – 21 February 1911 Monarch George V Governor Sir Charles Major (acting) Preceded by Sir Charles Major Succeeded by Sir Charles Major Acting Chief Justice of Fiji In office 1910 – 21 February 1911 Monarch George V Governor Sir Charles Major (acting) Preceded by Sir Charles Major Succeeded by Sir Charles Major Personal details Born 1862 Died 30 August 1929 (aged 66–67) Alma mater Worcester College, Oxford Occupation Lawyer

**Albert F.[1] Erhardt** (1862 – 30 August 1929) was a British lawyer, judge, and [colonial administrator](/source/British_Empire).

Erhardt graduated from [Worcester College, Oxford](/source/Worcester_College%2C_Oxford) in 1885 with a degree in Classics.[2] He began practicing Law in 1889, before joining the [colonial service](/source/Colonial_Office) in 1896 as District Commissioner of [Lagos](/source/Lagos), now in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). He went on to become [Resident of Ibadan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Resident_of_Ibadan&action=edit&redlink=1), as well as Attorney-General and Treasurer of Lagos (succeeding [F. C. Fuller](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._C._Fuller&action=edit&redlink=1), in 1902).[3] In February 1903 he became [Attorney-General of Fiji](/source/Attorney-General_of_Fiji),[4] serving until 1914. During this period he also filled in for [Sir Charles Major](/source/Charles_Henry_Major), the [Chief Justice of Fiji](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Fiji) and [Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific](/source/Chief_Judicial_Commissioner_for_the_Western_Pacific), from 1910 to 1911, while Major was acting in an interim capacity as [Governor of Fiji](/source/Governor_of_Fiji) and [High Commissioner for the Western Pacific](/source/High_Commissioner_for_the_Western_Pacific).[5] In his role as Attorney-General, he also served in the [Executive Council](/source/Executive_Council_of_Fiji) and [Legislative Council](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Fiji).[6]

In 1914, he returned to Africa as a judge of the [British East Africa](/source/British_East_Africa) Protectorate. His final post, in 1920, was as a temporary assistant legal adviser in the Colonial Office.[7]

Legal offices Preceded by Henry Edward Pollock Attorney-General of Fiji 1903-1914 Succeeded by Alfred Karney Young Preceded by Sir Charles Major Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1903-1914 Succeeded by Sir Charles Major Acting Chief Justice of Fiji 1903-1914

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Full Text of Yearbook"](https://archive.org/stream/1912yearbook00royauoft/1912yearbook00royauoft_djvu.txt). *Royal Colonial Institute*. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Foster, Joseph](/source/Joseph_Foster_(genealogist)), ed. (1893). *Oxford Men and their Colleges*. Oxford: [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). p. 188.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["London Personal Gossip"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4933499). *Advertiser*. 30 March 1903. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903*, p112

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ehrhardt was also Attorney General 1903-1914; acting for Major while Major was Acting Governor of Fiji (1910-1911). ([Lavaka 1981](#CITEREFLavaka1981), pp. 148)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** *Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1903*, pp80–81

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Marcus Garvey](/source/Marcus_Garvey) (1983). [*The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920*](https://books.google.com/books?id=EVwMJlhJXbMC&q=%22Albert+Ehrhardt%22+%2B+%22Fiji%22&pg=PA605). Duke University Press. p. 605. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0822346907](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0822346907). Retrieved 1 September 2015.

- Lavaka, Penny (1981). ["The Tonga Ma'a Tonga Kautaha: a watershed in British-Tongan relations"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201416/https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/9209/8858). *Pacific Studies*. **4** (2, Spring 1981). Institute for Polynesian Studies. Archived from [the original](https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/9209/8858) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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