Eric Weston

Sir Eric Weston was a British civil servant and judge. He was an Indian Civil Service officer. He was the third Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Biography

Weston was born in South Shields, County Durham. He attended South Shields High School and St John's College, Cambridge, receiving a B.A. in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1914. He then went on to join the Indian Civil Service, completing the entrance exam in 1915.
He is chiefly notable for being the very first british Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He served as a judge of Bombay High Court from 1943 to 1950. From 1950 to 1952, he was the third Chief Justice of the Punjab High Court from 1950 to 1952, when he retired. He was knighted in 1954.