Graham Speight
Sir Graham Davies Speight (21 July 1921 – 17 July 2008) was a New Zealand High Court judge.[1] He served as the acting Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands in 1984.
Speight was born in Auckland on 21 July 1921.[1] He was educated at Newmarket School, Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, where he earned his law degree in 1942.[1] After graduating, he served in the New Zealand Army from 1942 until 1946.[1] He married Elizabeth Muriel Booth in 1947, and the couple went on to have two children.[1]
Speight served as the Crown solicitor in Auckland from 1959 until 1966, when was appointed a High Court judge.[1] He later served as the Chief Justice of the Cook Islands and the President of the Court of Appeal of Fiji from 1982 until 1988.[1]
In the 1983 New Year Honours, Speight was appointed a Knight Bachelor, in recognition of his service as a High Court judge.[2]
Speight died in Auckland on 17 July 2008, at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, son and five grandchildren.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Former judge Sir Graham Speight dies". NZPA. Otago Daily Times. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "No. 49214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1982. p. 47.
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