Richard Clive Teece (1877 - 1965)

Born 24 Sep 1877 in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Fanny Frederica (Grimwade) Teece — married 6 Jul 1911 in Balaclava, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Richard Clive Teece was born on 24th September 1877 at Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia. He was the eldest son of New Zealand-born Richard Teece, an actuary.

Educated at Sydney Grammar School and St Andrew's College, University of Sydney (B.A., 1899; M.A., 1901; LL.B., 1903), he thrice graduated with first-class honours and won the University medal (for classics, modern history and law). His many prizes included the 1902 Beauchamp prize for his essay, 'A Comparison of the Federal Constitution of Canada with that of Australia'. Having read in the chambers of Dr Richard Sly and (Sir) Adrian Knox, he was admitted to the Bar on 29 October 1903. Tempted by academic life, Teece became acting professor of law at the University of Tasmania (1905), but returned to professional practice in Denman Chambers, Sydney. Family connexions marked out a career in commercial and property law, equity and appellate work.

He married Fanny Frederica Grimwade on 6th July 1911 in Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Victoria.^[1] The family, including a son and three daughters, lived in Sydney at Bellevue Hill and later at Vaucluse, and had a country retreat at Leura.

Teece was a member of the Council of the Bar, and foundation president of the New South Wales Bar Association (1936-44) and of the Law Council of Australia (1934-35, 1937-38). He had practised for just over fifty years on his retirement in October 1953.

He passed away on 6th November 1965 at Randwick, New South Wales.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #5998/1911

• J. M. Bennett, 'Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/teece-richard-clive-9248/text15371, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 13 August 2018.