Gordon Samuels

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Gordon Jacob Samuels AC CVO QC (12 August 1923 – 10 December 2007) was a British-Australian lawyer judge and Governor of New South Wales from 1996 to 2001. Born in London in 1923 Samuels was educated at University College School and Balliol College Oxford. After serving in the Second World War he was called to the bar and emigrated to Australia in 1949.

active years end date

1992-03-23, 2001-03-01

active years start date

1972-11-20, 1974-08-12, 1996-03-01

alma mater

Balliol College Oxford

battle

World War II

birth date

1923-08-12

birth place

England, London, United Kingdom

country

United Kingdom

death date

2007-12-10

death place

New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

lieutenant

Murray Gleeson, James Spigelman

military rank

Captain (armed forces)

military unit

List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery, Royal Artillery

monarch

Elizabeth II

office

Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, Judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court

order in office

Governor of New South Wales, 36th, 4th Chancellor of the University of New South Wales

successor

Marie Bashir, Anthony Mason (judge)