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
| 14 February 1887 | Admitted to practise as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales |
Degrees
| 1910 | Master 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.