Anthony Oliphant

The Hon. Sir Anthony Oliphant (1793–1859) was a British lawyer who was the eighth Chief Justice of Ceylon.

Sir Anthony grew up at Condie House (also known as Newton of Condie) in Forgandenny, Perthshire. He was born the son of Ebenezer Oliphant of Condie in Perthshire, Scotland.

His eldest brother, Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie was Member of the House of Commons for Perth, whose son was General Sir Laurence Oliphant KCB KCVO, 9th of Condie. Another of Sir Anthony's brothers, Col. James Oliphant, was chairman of the Honourable East India Company, and a third brother was the artist and composer Thomas Oliphant, who wrote the words of "Deck the Hall(s) with Boughs of Holly", "Men of Harlech", "The Ash Grove" and accomplished many other works, including cataloguing the manuscript music at the British Museum and writing the chorale for the wedding of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

Oliphant was born 17 November 1793, the third of seven children. He was educated at the preparatory school, Hyde Abbey, near Winchester. It is unknown whether Oliphant, like his younger brother Thomas, went to the nearby Winchester College. He was admitted to the Bar in Edinburgh and then moved to London, where he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn.

Oliphant married Catherine Maria Campbell, the daughter of a Colonel Ronald Campbell and Charlotte Johanna Cloete. Their son, Laurence Oliphant, went on to become a well-known author, international traveller, lawyer, and a Member of the House of Commons as his uncle had before him.

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