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'''Frederick Selwyn Copleston''' (1850–1935) was a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]]. He was the [[Chief Justice of Myanmar|Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma]] from 1900 to 1902.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Copleston was the son of Rev. R. E. Copleston, Fellow of [[Exeter College, Oxford]] and Vicar of Edmonton. He was a member of the Copleston family, lords of the [[Copplestone|manor of Copleston]] in Devon until 1659. [[Reginald Copleston|Reginald Stephen Copleston]], [[Diocese of Calcutta (Church of North India)|Bishop of Calcutta]] and [[Ernest Copleston|Ernest Arthur Copleston]], Bishop of Colombo were his brothers. <br />
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After education at [[Marlborough College]], Copleston joined the Indian Civil Service in July 1873 and arrived in India in October 1873, when he was appointed Assistant Magistrate and Collector in [[Allahabad]]. He volunteer for service in Burma the following year and was posted there an Assistant Commissioner, and held various offices before being appointed Judicial Commissioner of Lower Burma in 1898. When the Court of the Judicial Commissioner was replaced in April 1900, Copleston was appointed the first [[Chief Justice of Myanmar|Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence - Burma|date=9 April 1900 | page=6 |issue=36111}}</ref><br />
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He retired in April 1902 and returned to England. According to his family, he had been asked by [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]] to serve as [[Lieutenant-Governor of Burma]], but refused, whereupon Curzon struck off his name from the honours list. In retirement he was a [[Justice of the peace|Justice of the Peace]] for [[Somerset]]. <br />
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== Family ==<br />
Copleston married in 1883 Elizabeth Colley of Clontarf, of Dublin; she died in 1895. He married secondly in 1902 Norah Margaret Little, daughter of Colonel Colhoun-Little, MD, IMS; they had two sons, one of whom was the Jesuit philosopher and theologian [[Frederick Charles Copleston]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* Frederick C. Copleston, S.J. ''Memoirs of a Philosopher''. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1993.<br />
* ''The India List and India Office List for 1905''. London: Harrison and Sons, 1905.<br />
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