Harold Sprent Nicholas

Harold Sprent Nicholas (1877–1953) was an Australian judge, journalist and politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1877 to William and Alice (née Sprent) Nicholas and educated at The Hutchins School, before earning his degree at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Nicholas was admitted to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1901 and returned to Australia in the same year, where he became a successful journalist writing for the Sydney Morning Herald and Daily Telegraph. From 1929-34 he was founding editor of the Australian Quarterly.[1]

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Harold Sprent Nicholas

MLC
Chief Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
In office
1939–1948
Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
In office
1935–1948
Legislative Council of New South Wales
In office
1932–1935
Personal details
Born1877
Died11 June 1953
NationalityAustralian
Political partyUnited Australia Party
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
ProfessionPolitician, judge, lawyer, journalist

He was counsel advising the Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) and in December 1932 became a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales as a member of the United Australia Party, remaining a member until 1934.[2] In 1933-1935 he was the commissioner in a New South Wales Royal Commission into the creation of new states, of which no results came.[3] He was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1935, and become Chief Judge in Equity in 1939, remaining so until 1948. He was Australian representative to the fourth meeting of UNESCO in 1949. He died of coronary vascular disease on 11 June 1953.[4]

References
  1. Ward, John (1988). "Nicholas, Harold Sprent (1877–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 11. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 1 February 2015 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. "Mr Harold Sprent Nicholas (1877-1953)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. "Royal Commission of Inquiry Respecting Areas in the State of New South Wales Suitable for Self-government as States in the Commonwealth of Australia". search.records.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. "Hon. Mr Justice Harold Sprent Nicholas (MA (Oxon)". search.records.nsw.gov.au. NSW Government State Records Department. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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