Identity area
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Authorized form of name
Macnaughton, Allan W. (Allan Wright), 1860-1937
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- Macnaughton, A. W. (Allan Wright), 1860-1937
- Macnaughton, Allan Wright
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Dates of existence
1860-1937
History
Supreme Court Justice the Honourable Allan MacNaughton was born in Edinburgh and educated at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh. He migrated to Australia in 1880, first living in Sydney where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1882. During his period in New South Wales, he authored A synopsis of indictable offences, with their punishments which was published in 1885. He moved to Brisbane and was admitted to the Queensland bar in 1886, eventually settling in Townsville from 1890. Having acted as a judge for different courts in Northern Queensland from 1900, he was appointed a Judge of the District Court of Queensland in 1909, and served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland between 1922 and 1929. He died on May 8, 1937.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, FF, 11-Jun-2020.
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Sources
'Judicial profile: The Honourable Allan Macnaughton', Supreme Court Library Queensland website, accessed online 11-Jun-2020.
Maintenance notes
Revised with authorized form of name, other forms of name, dates of existence, updated history, authority record identifier and sources, FF, 11-Jun-2020.