Hugh Denis Macrossan

Hugh Macrossan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Windsor
In office
27 April 1912 – 22 May 1915
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byHerbert McPhail
7th Chief Justice of Queensland
In office
17 May 1940 – 23 June 1940
Preceded byJames Blair
Succeeded byWilliam Webb
Personal details
Born
Hugh Denis Macrossan

(1881-02-20)20 February 1881
Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia
Died23 June 1940(1940-06-23) (aged 59)
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeNudgee Cemetery
Political partyMinisterial
Spouse(s)Lydia Cremin Hall (m.1912 d.1922), Gladys Mildred Trenfield (m.1926)
RelationsJohn Macrossan (father), Neal Macrossan (brother), John Macrossan (nephew)
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationBarrister, 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.