James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (born 1570)

James Whitelocke

English judge and politician (1570–1632)

Sir James Whitelocke SL was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1622.

Justice of Chester

The Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the county palatine of Chester, from the establishment of the county until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830.