Edward Loughlin O'Malley

Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley (17 February 1842 – 16 August 1932) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Attorney General and Chief Justice of a number of British colonies in the late 19th and early 20th Century. His last position before retirement was as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Consular Court in the Ottoman Empire.

O'Malley was born on 17 February 1842, the son of Peter Frederick O'Malley QC. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1864, M.A. 1868) and called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1866 and practiced on the Norfolk and South Eastern Circuits. He ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Bedford as a conservative candidate in 1868.

In 1869, he married Emma Winifred Hardcastle, daughter of Joseph Hardcastle, MP. Emma was a botanist and collected plants in Hong Kong and Jamaica. Her plants are in the British Museum (Natural History). One of the couple's sons, Owen, became a senior British diplomat. The other son, Charles Loughlin Meyler Brent O'Malley, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery.

O'Malley was appointed Attorney General of Jamaica in 1876. Then from 1879 to 1889 he was Attorney General of Hong Kong. As Attorney General, O'Malley was allowed to accept private cases which did not conflict with his official position. In 1881, he, together with Thomas Hayllar QC, were engaged by the Imperial Maritime Customs to defend, in the British Supreme Court for China and Japan sitting at Canton, a British employee of the customs service, Edward Page, who was accused of murder for killing a Chinese smuggler. J. J. Francis, also from Hong Kong, acted as the Crown Advocate in place of Nicholas Hannen who was on leave.

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