Frank Cumbrae-Stewart

Francis William Sutton Cumbrae-Stewart, KC (1865–1938) was a barrister and university professor in Australia.

Early life Frank Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 27 January 1865 at Riversleigh, Canterbury, New Zealand, son of Francis Edward Stewart and his wife Agnes (née Park). He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1883, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1887. He was admitted to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1887 and in Queensland in 1890. On 24 January 1906 he married Zina Beatrice Selwyn Hammond at St Andrew's Church of England, Brighton.

Career Frank Cumbrae-Stewart was a barrister and King's Counsel and was appointed the foundation registrar and librarian of the newly established University of Queensland in 1910. Among his numerous involvements, he was a founder and president of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland and a founder and trustee of the John Oxley Library. Historical papers he authored included histories of the Brisbane River, Brisbane bridges and surveyors of the Queensland coast. In 1926 he became Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland.

Later life In 1936, Frank Cumbrae-Stewart retired from the University of Queensland and moved to Melbourne. He died on 24 March 1938 at South Yarra and was buried in Burwood Cemetery.