George Edward Rich KCMG KC PC (1863 - 1956)

Born 3 May 1863 in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 14 May 1956 at age 93 in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

George Rich KCMG KC PC is Notable.

Australian lawyer and judge

• Served on the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1950.
• Delegate to the League of Nations (1922)
• Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George [KCMG] (3 June 1932)
• Appointed Privy Councillor (1936)
• Was the second-longest-serving judge in the court's history. (Edward McTiernan was the longest.)
• Was the oldest person to sit on the court when he retired on his eighty-seventh birthday in 1950.

Offices Held^[1]

• Acting Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 07/06/1911 - 02/07/1912
• Permanent appointment as a Puisne Judge, 2 July 1912
• Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 02/07/1912 - 07/04/1913
• Justice, High Court of Australia, 05/04/1913 - 03/05/1950
• Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, 12/11/1940 - 21/12/1941

Life Events

George Edward Rich was born on th 3rd May 1863, in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Charles Rich and Isabella Bird.^[2]

Sir George married firstly Elizabeth Steer Bowker, daughter of Richard Ryther Steer Bowker and Lydia Frances Phillips, on 5 December 1894 in St Paul's, Paterson, New South wales.^[3] George and Elizabeth had three children in the next eight years:

1. John Stanser (10th October 1895 – 17th May 1915)
2. Lydia Tempest (21st December 1896 – 11th April 1988)
3. George Steer Bowker (27th July 1902 – 6th June 1964)

Sir George married secondly Letitia Fetherstonhaugh (Woodward) Strong (a widow, born 1881 or 1882, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, to Roland and Charlotte Woodward) on the 10th November 1950, in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, England.

Sir George Edward Rich KC PC KCMG passed away on the 14th May 1956, in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia, just eleven days past his 93rd birthday.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ NSW State Archives Rt. Hon. Sir George Edward Rich MA, LLD (Hon) KC, PC, KCMG
2. ↑ NSW BDM Births Registration details: Name: RICH GEORGE E; Registration Number: 5933/1863; Father's Given Name(s): CHARLES H; Mother's Given Name(s): ISABELLA T; District: BRAIDWOOD]
3. ↑ NSW BDM Marriages Registration details: Registration Number: 5943/1894; Groom's Family Name: RICH; Groom's Given Name(s): GEORGE E; Bride's Family Name(s): BOWKER; Bride's Given Name(s): ELIZABETH J; District: PATERSON]
4. ↑ NSW BDM Deaths Registration details: Name RICH GEORGE EDWARD; Registration Number: 7823/1956; Father's Given Name(s): CHARLES HAMOR; Mother's Given Name(s): ISABELLA TEMPEST; District: SYDNEY]

• Family records, family sources, BDM certificates, BDM records.

• Wikipedia: George Rich
• Wikidata: Item Q5543840