About Henry Wrenfordsley
Lived 1825 – 1908 (aged 82–83). Henry Wrenfordsley was a judge and barrister.
Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley (1825 – 2 June 1908) was an Irish lawyer and was the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.
Early life Wrenfordsley was born in Middlesex, England, the son of Joseph Wrenfordsley (also known as Wrendfordsley, Wransfordsley and Wrenford Sly), an Irish solicitor, and his wife Louisa, née Bywater. Wrenfordsley became Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, and held the position until he retired in 1901 when he went to live in the south of France. Wrenfordsley died at Antibes, France on 2 June 1908.
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chief justice of Western Australia (1825–1908)
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