Creation and Beginnings of the Court
Current and Former Chief Justices
Current and Former Puisne Judges
About the Court
Judges of the Court
The Honourable Mr. Justice Henry Grattan Nolan
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Henry Grattan Nolan was born in Calgary, Alberta, on May 5, 1893. He was the
son of Patrick James Nolan and Mary Elizabeth Lee. After graduating from the
University of Alberta with a B.A. in 1914, he enlisted in the armed forces
and served in Europe during the First World War. He was wounded at Cambrai,
France, and received the Military Cross in 1918. After the war, he attended
Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a further B.A. in 1921. Called
to the English bar and the bar of Alberta in 1922, he settled in Calgary and
joined the law firm of Bennett, Hannah & Sanford. During the Second World
War, he acted as deputy to the Canadian Army Judge Advocate General, and at
the end of the war he was chosen to be the Canadian prosecutor before the International
Military Tribunal trying war criminals in the Far East. On March 1, 1956, he
was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, on which he served for one year.
Justice Nolan died on July 8, 1957, at the age of 64.
