词条 | Dudley Williams (judge) |
释义 | {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}}{{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}}{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}{{Infobox Judge | honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = Sir Dudley Williams | honorific-suffix = KBE MC QC | image = | caption = | order = | office = Justice of the High Court of Australia | term_start = 15 October 1940 | term_end = 31 July 1958 | nominator = Robert Menzies | predecessor = H.V. Evatt | successor = Sir Victor Windeyer | birth_date = 7 December 1889 | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = 8 January 1963 | death_place = }} Sir Dudley Williams, KBE, MC, QC (7 December 1889{{spaced ndash}}8 January 1963), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia. Williams was born in Sydney, and was educated at Sydney Grammar School. He later studied at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1912 and a Bachelor of Laws (with honours) in 1915. He was admitted to the New South Wales Bar later in 1915, but did not practise until 1921, because of his service in the First World War. He was a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery, and was awarded the Military Cross. In 1935 Williams was made a King's Counsel. In 1939 he was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and in 1940 he was elevated to the position of a full Judge of the court. In the same year, Williams was appointed to the bench of the High Court, on 15 October. He remained on the bench until his retirement in 1958. Sir Dudley Williams died in 1963. {{Justices of the High Court of Australia}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Dudley}}{{Australia-law-bio-stub}} 9 : 1889 births|1963 deaths|Justices of the High Court of Australia|Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales|Australian military personnel of World War I|Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Recipients of the Military Cross|Royal Artillery officers|Australian Queen's Counsel |
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