Charles Skerrett

Charles Skerrett
Sir Charles Skerrett
5th Chief Justice of New Zealand
In office
1 February 1926 – 13 February 1929
Preceded by Robert Stout
Succeeded by Michael Myers
Personal details
Born 2 September 1863(1863-09-02)
India,  India
Died 13 February 1929(1929-02-13) (aged 65)
at sea

Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett KCMG, KC (2 September 1863 – 13 February 1929) was the fifth Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1926 to 1929.

He was born in India. His father Peter Perrin Skerrett was born in Ireland and descended from the Skerretts of Finavera in County Clare; originally the Skerretts were one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway. He was a sergeant in the Army in India; he did not have the private income needed by officers.

The family moved to New Zealand when Charles was 12. He was educated at Wellington College. He joined the Post Office, then the Treasury, then to the Department of Justice as a clerk in the Wellington Magistrates’ Court.

He was articled to Buller, Lewis & Gully and admitted to the bar in 1884. He went into private practice, and was associated with the Wellington law firms of Skerrett and Wyllie and Chapman Tripp. In 1907 when the first King’s Counsel was appointed in New Zealand Skerrett was one of the first to take silk. From 1918 to 1926 he was President of the New Zealand Law Society.

On 1 February 1926 he was appointed Chief Justice, and was created K.C.M.G. in 1927.

He left for London in 1929, and died at sea on the Port Denison. He was unmarried.

References

  • Chapman Tripp & Co: The First 100 Years by Ross Gore (1975). See The Skerretts of Finavera pages 52–65.

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