Summary
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]
Joseph Hector Garrick | |
|---|---|
| 5th Attorney General of Fiji | |
| In office 25 November 1876 – 1882 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor | Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon Sir William Des Vœux |
| Preceded by | James Herman De Ricci |
| Succeeded by | Fielding Clarke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1846 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 23 February 1908 (aged 61) |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Constance Agnew 1868 — 1880 (divorced) Emma Elizabeth Milne m. 1881 |
| Relations | James Francis Garrick — brother Francis James Garrick —brother |
| Children | 2 sons, 2 daughters |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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]
Personal life edit
Garrick was born in Sydney to James Francis Garrick and his wife Catherine Eliza Branson, both formerly of London.[8] He was a younger brother to the New Zealand politician Francis James Garrick[9] and the Queensland politician James Francis Garrick.
Garrick married Emily Constance Agnew in Sydney, in 1868. They had two children, Hector and Constance,[10] but the marriage ended in divorce. On 22 July 1880, Garrick was co-respondent in a divorce suit initiated by barrister William Scott, who accused Garrick of having committed adultery with his wife, Emma Elizabeth Scott, née Milne. The court granted Scott's suit and £1000 damages.[11][12] Garrick subsequently remarried to Milne in Sydney 1881; he had two more children with her — Godfrey Ernest and Gladys Neville.[13]
Garrick died 23 February 1908.
References edit
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- ^ "About Us/History". BSPLife. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Fiji — Judicial". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. X, no. 3731. 25 October 1873. p. 1. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "The Garricks to keep their Fiji land". Pacific Islands Monthly. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "New South Wales". The Mercury. 4 October 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "News by the Suez and Californian Mail". Australian Town and Country Journal. 13 January 1877. p. 26. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander. 11 August 1888. p. 212. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Garrick family". RootsWeb. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Francis James Garrick". Star, Issue 6874, 9 June 1890, Page 4. 9 June 1890. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Hayes, Kaye. "Joseph Hector GARRICK - former Attorney General of Fiji". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Fiji News". Hawke's Bay Herald. Vol. XXI, no. 5769. 17 August 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Save to my tree divorce argus 26 aug 1880". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Hayes, Kaye. "Joseph Hector GARRICK - former Attorney General of Fiji". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.