Henry Roger Justin Lewis

(Henry Roger) Justin Lewis was a lawyer who served as Solicitor General of Fiji from 1956 to 1963,[1] and as Attorney General of Fiji from 1963 to 1970.[2]

The Honourable

(Henry Roger) Justin Lewis
20th Attorney General of Fiji
In office
1963–1970
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Kenneth Maddocks
Sir Derek Jakeway
Sir Robert Sidney Foster
Preceded byAshley Greenwood
Succeeded byJohn Falvey
6th Solicitor General of Fiji
In office
1956–1963
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Ronald Garvey
Sir Kenneth Maddocks
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
(from 20 September 1967)
Preceded byAshley Greenwood
Succeeded byDonal McLoughlin

Lewis participated in the Marlborough House conference chaired by Eirene White in July 1965, to discuss constitutional reforms. The Fijian delegation consisted of six ethnic Fijians (Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Ratu Sir Edward Cakobau, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Josua Rabukawaqa, and Semesa Sikivou), six Indo-Fijians (Dr. A. D. Patel, Sidiq Koya, James Madhavan, C. A. Shah, Andrew Deoki, and C. P. Singh), and six Europeans (John Falvey, Ronald Kermode, John Moore, John Kearsley, Fred Archibald, and Cyril Aidney)[3] The Governor, Sir Derek Jakeway, and Lewis himself, as Attorney General, were designated separately. They were joined by a nine-member British delegation.[4]

Legal offices
Preceded by
Ashley Greenwood		 Solicitor General of Fiji
1956-1963		 Succeeded by
Donal McLoughlin
Preceded by
Ashley Greenwood		 Attorney General of Fiji
1963-1970		 Succeeded by
John Falvey

References
  1. "Previous Solicitors-General of Fiji". Office of the Attorney-General. © Copyright 2005-2008, Office of the Attorney General. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. "Previous Attorneys-General of Fiji". Office of the Attorney-General. © Copyright 2005-2008, Office of the Attorney General. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese. "The Pacific Way: A Memoir". Google Books. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. Lal, Brij V. "Fiji". Google Books. University of London: Institute of Commonwealth Stucies. Retrieved 28 September 2015.


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