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Sir David Maughan

Barrister
Born
5 February 1873, Paddington, New South Wales
Died
3 November 1955, Camperdown, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
John Maughan (bank clerk)
Mother
Bertha Windeyer Thompson (granddaughter of Charles Windeyer, Police Magistrate)
Brother of John Malbon Maughan [qv]; married Jean Alice Barton (daughter of The Rt Hon Sir Edmund Barton [qv]); father of Mary Jennifer Maughan [qv]

Legal admissions

16 November 1896Admitted to practise as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
29 October 1919Appointed King's Counsel for New South Wales
18 March 1924Admitted to practise as a barrister, attorney, solicitor and proctor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
10 August 1931Admitted to practise as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland

Degrees

1906Bachelor of Arts (ad eundum gradum)The University of Sydney
1914Bachelor of Laws (ad eundum gradum)The University of Sydney
1914Master of Arts (ad eundum gradum)The University of Sydney

Career

  • Oxon (BA 1895, MA 1912, BCL 1912).
  • Called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) 17 Jun 1896.
  • KC Tas 1951.
  • Acting Judge, Supreme Court of NSW 1924 and 1936-37.
  • Knight bachelor 1951.

Sources

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