George Arney

George Arney

Infobox_Officeholder
name=Sir George Arney
order=2nd Chief Justice of New Zealand
term_start=1858
term_end=1875
predecessor=William Martin
successor=James Prendergast
birth_date=1810
birth_place=Salisbury, GBR
death_date=1883
death_place=Torquay, GBR
spouse=Harriet Parr
religion=

Sir George Alfred Arney (1810 - 1883) was the second Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1858 (he was appointed in 1857, and arrived in New Zealand in 1858) to 1875. He was also a member of the Legislative Council

He was appointed by the Colonial Office on the advice of Mr Justice Coleridge on 2 September 1857.

He was knighted in 1862, while Chief Justice.

His brother Colonel Arney died while serving with the 58th Regiment in New Zealand, and Sir George resigned his judgeship in 1875 and retired to Torquay on the inheritance from his brother.

External links

* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/A/ArneySirGeorgeAlfred/ArneySirGeorgeAlfred/en Biography in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand]


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