George Borg (judge)

{{Short description|Maltese judge}}

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|name = George Borg

|honorific-suffix = MBE

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|office = Chief Justice of Malta

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|term_start = 1941

|term_end = 1952

|predecessor = Arturo Mercieca

|successor = Sir Luigi Camilleri

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|4|23}}

|birth_place = Colony of Malta

|death_date = {{death date and age|1954|6|29|1887|4|23}}

|nationality = Maltese citizenship

|alma_mater = Malta and Catania

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Sir George Borg MBE (23 April 1887 – 29 June 1954){{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A-F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=Pietà|isbn=9789993291329|pages=266–267}} was a Maltese judge and politician. He was Chief Justice of Malta{{cite book |last1=Castillo |first1=Dennis Angelo |title=The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940-1942 |date=2012 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739128954 |page=221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wDZPkjAi6WgC&pg=PA221 |access-date=29 March 2019 |language=en}} between 1940 and 1952.

Borg was educated at the universities of Malta and Catania. He became a solicitor in 1907 and was called to the bar in 1916. In 1932, he was elected to the Maltese Senate as a member of the Constitutional Party, and became a leader of the party after Lord Strickland's death in 1940.{{cite news |title=Sir George Borg |work=The Times |date=29 June 1954 |page=10 }}

Borg was appointed Chief Justice of Malta in 1941{{London Gazette|issue=35039|page=192|date=10 January 1941}} and held the office until his retirement in 1952.

He was knighted by George VI when the King visited Malta in 1942, as part of the 1942 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=35586|page=2476|date=5 June 1942|supp=y}}{{London Gazette|issue=35632|page=3102|date=14 July 1942}} He also received, on behalf of the Maltese people, the George Cross that was presented to the island nation in honour of their defence during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War.

For several years, Borg was also editor of The Malta Herald. He died in Valletta in 1954.