Sir James Oswald Fairfax

Company director
Born
26 April 1863, Sydney, New South Wales
Died
18 July 1928, Rose Bay, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
Sir James Reading Fairfax (newspaper proprietor and company dir; son of The Hon John Fairfax [qv])
Mother
Lucy Armstrong
Married Mabel Alice Emmeline Hixson; father of Warwick Oswald Fairfax [qv]

Legal admissions

Degrees

1910Master of Arts (ad eundum gradum)The University of Sydney

Career

  • MA Oxon.
  • Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 26 Jan 1886.
  • Dir, John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, Aust Mutual Provident Society.
  • Chairman, NSW Div, Aust Red Cross Society.
  • OBE civ 1918, CBE civ 1918, KBE civ 1926.

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