Joseph Garrick

The Honourable
Joseph Hector Garrick
5th Attorney General of Fiji
In office
25 November 1876 – 1882
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
Sir William Des Vœux
Preceded byJames Herman De Ricci
Succeeded byFielding Clarke
Personal details
Born8 December 1846
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 February 1908(1908-02-23) (aged 61)
Spouse(s)Emily Constance Agnew
1868 — 1880 (divorced)
Emma Elizabeth Milne
m. 1881
RelationsJames Francis Garrick — brother
Francis James Garrick —brother
Children2 sons, 2 daughters
ProfessionLawyer

Joseph Hector Garrick (Sydney, New South Wales, 8 December 1846[1] — 23 February 1908[2]), was an Australian lawyer who served as a judge on the benches of the Kingdom of Viti, the first Fijian nation-state.[3] Having arrived in 1873, Garrick was associated with the events leading up to the cession of the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874.[4]

Following cession, Garrick was appointed Chief Police Magistrate and Registrar General on 1 September 1875.[5] He went on to serve as Attorney General of Fiji from 25 November 1876[6] to 1882.

After retiring from government service, he continued to practice Law privately in Levuka, and was still doing so as of 1889.[7]

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  2. ^ "About Us/History". BSPLife. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Fiji — Judicial". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. X, no. 3731. 25 October 1873. p. 1. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The Garricks to keep their Fiji land". Pacific Islands Monthly. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ "New South Wales". The Mercury. 4 October 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ "News by the Suez and Californian Mail". Australian Town and Country Journal. 13 January 1877. p. 26. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander. 11 August 1888. p. 212. Retrieved 18 September 2015.