{{short description|Chief Justice of Guyana}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Charles Wray''' (c. 1786 – 2 October 1836) was Chief Justice of Guyana for fourteen years from 1821 to 1835, having been a barrister in England.

Wray was the son of Colonel John Wray, of Park Place, St James's,<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ...|author1=Cave, E.|author2=Nichols, J.|date=1820|volume=90|publisher=Edw. Cave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rz7Yv9ZTaiEC&pg=PA380|page=380|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref> formerly of Hull, and the brother of another John Wray, the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police from 1829 to 1860. He was educated at Shrewsbury, then took a B.A. (1807) and M.A. (1810) from Trinity College, Cambridge.<ref name="cam">{{Acad|id=WRY803C|name=Wray, Charles}}</ref>

He was called to the bar in 1811 from Lincoln's Inn, and worked on the Northern Circuit; he was then nominated Recorder of Hull. In 1821, he was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana, and served in this capacity until 1835. He was also a Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of the George Town Brigade of Militia.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=An Authentic Copy of the Minutes of Evidence on the Trial of John Smith, a Missionary, in Demerara: Held at the Colony House, in George Town, Demerara, on Monday, the 13th Day of October, 1823, and 27 Following Days; on a Charge of Exciting the Negroes to Rebellion. Copied Verbatim|author1=British Guiana. Courts. General Court Martial|author2=Guiana, British. Courts. General Court Martial|author3=London Missionary Society|author4=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|date=1824|publisher=S. Burton|url=https://archive.org/details/267unkngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/267unkngoog/page/n9 5]|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref> Shortly after his retirement, Wray died, on 2 October 1836.<ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=Gentleman's Magazine, Or Monthly Intelligencer|last=Urban|first=S.|date=1836|volume=42|publisher=Edward Cave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvhfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA671|page=671|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref><ref name="google4">{{cite journal|title=The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society|author=Barbados Museum and Historical Society|journal=Journal (Barbados Museum and Historical Society)|date=1939|issue=v. 6, nos. 2–4|publisher=Barbados Museum and Historical Society|issn=0005-5891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3g1AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=2017-01-14}}</ref> His son, Lieutenant-General Henry Wray C.M.G., was an engineer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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