Henry Wrenfordsley
Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley (1825 – 2 June 1908) was an Irish
Early life
Wrenfordsley was born in
Career
Wrenfordsley later joined the colonial service and was appointed as a
Contemporary accounts suggest Wrenfordsley was given to frequent clashes of personality. One such clash with the Chief Secretary,
Wrenfordsley was acting governor of Western Australia from February to June 1883 when he was knighted.[1] From March 1885 to February 1887 Wrenfordsley was an acting judge of the supreme court of Tasmania,[1] and took a similar position at Melbourne[1] in 1888. In 1891 he was appointed temporary acting chief justice at Perth. Later in 1891[2] Wrenfordsley became Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, and held the position until he retired in 1901 when he went to live in the south of France.[1] Wrenfordsley died at Antibes, France on 2 June 1908.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j T. S. Louch, 'Wrenfordsley, Sir Henry Thomas (1825 - 1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 440-441. Retrieved 24 March 2010
- ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Wrenfordsley, Henry Thomas". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- Bennett, J. M., Sir Henry Wrenfordsley - Second Chief Justice of Western Australia 1880-1883, The Federation Press, Sydney, 2004.
External links
- Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley by J.M Bennett at Google Books