Hugh Macrossan | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Windsor | |
In office 27 April 1912 – 22 May 1915 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Herbert McPhail |
7th Chief Justice of Queensland | |
In office 17 May 1940 – 23 June 1940 | |
Preceded by | James Blair |
Succeeded by | William Webb |
Personal details | |
Born | Hugh Denis Macrossan 20 February 1881 Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia |
Died | 23 June 1940 Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | (aged 59)
Resting place | Nudgee Cemetery |
Political party | Ministerial |
Spouse(s) | Lydia Cremin Hall (m.1912 d.1922), Gladys Mildred Trenfield (m.1926) |
Relations | John Macrossan (father), Neal Macrossan (brother), John Macrossan (nephew) |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Occupation | Barrister, Judge, Chief Justice |
Hugh Denis Macrossan (20 February, 1881–23 June, 1940) was a politician and judge in Queensland, a State of Australia. He was elected as a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and was later to become a judge and also the Chief Justice of Queensland. He was the son of a prominent Queensland politician, and he was elected as a member of parliament. He served as a judge from 1926, until his appointment as chief justice in 1940 and his death later that year. He was the shortest serving chief justice in Queensland history,[citation needed] serving only one month, and was one of only two chief justices to have a brother and nephew served as chief justice.