C. A. White

Sir Charles Arnold White was a British lawyer and judge who served as 5th chief justice of Madras High Court in British India. He was born in 1858 to Thomas John White of Bowdon, Cheshire and educated at New College, Oxford, from where he completed his graduation in 1881 and was called to the bar in 1883.
White served as the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency and ex-officio member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1898 to 1899. He resigned in 1899 following his appointment as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. In 1914, he was appointed to the Council of India as Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras.
White was made a Knight Bachelor in 1900.