- Percival Halse Rogers
Sir Percival Halse Rogers (
1 August 1883 –7 October 1945 ) was anAustralia njurist anduniversity chancellor .Early life
Halse Rogers was born in Gunnedah,
New South Wales , the second son of aMethodist minister and was educated atNewington College (1896-1901). [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 81] He became a resident of St Andrew's College, at theUniversity of Sydney and graduated BA in 1905. Outstanding as a student and sportsman he was the secondRhodes scholar from New South Wales and attendedWorcester College, Oxford , graduating BCL in 1908.Legal career
On his return to Sydney, Halse Rogers became a temporary clerk in the Crown Law Office and then
Judges associate to New South WalesChief Justice Sir William Cullen. Halse Roges was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1911 and married later that year. From 1919 he lectured part-time on legal interpretation at the University of Sydney and in 1926 was commissioned KC. In 1928 he was appointed as ajudge of theSupreme Court of Australia sitting in the common law jurisdiction and presiding in the commercial cases. He served four times as a royal commissioner, conducting celebrated inquiries into greyhound-racing licences and fruit machines 1932 and Commonwealth secret funds 1941.Community service
Halse Rogers was a director of
Sydney Hospital and a member of the executive committee of the Fairbridge Farm Schools of New South Wales. Afellow of the senate of the University of Sydney from 1929, he was deputy chancellor from 1934 until elected chancellor in 1936. He was appointed KBE in 1939. Placed in an embarrassing position as chancellor when promised senate support was withheld, Sir Percival resigned.References
Bibliography
* J. M. Bennett, 'Rogers, Sir Percival Halse (1883 - 1945)',
Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 11,Melbourne University Press , 1988, pp 442-443.External links
* University of Sydney Senate History [http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/history/Rogers.shtml]
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