Francis Stewart Boyce Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable Justice
Francis Stewart Boyce
Office:Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Term Start:1932
Term End:unknown
Office2:Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
Office3:Attorney-General of New South Wales
Predecessor3:Andrew Lysaght, junior
Successor3:Andrew Lysaght, junior
Office4:Vice-President of the Executive Council of New South Wales
Predecessor4:Albert Willis
Successor4:Albert Willis
Birth Date:26 June 1872
Birth Place:, New South Wales
Death Place:, Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Norah, nee Glasson (m. 1901)
Party:Nationalist Party of Australia
Alma Mater:University of Sydney
Occupation:Jurist
politician

Francis Stewart Boyce (26 June 1872  - 27 June 1940) was an Australian politician and judge.[1]

He was born in Rockley to Francis Bertie Boyce and Caroline Stewart. He attended The King's School in Parramatta, Sydney Grammar School and then Rugby School in England, before studying at the University of Sydney. He qualified with a Bachelor of Arts in 1893 and a Bachelor of Law in 1896, being called to the bar the following year. In 1901 he married Norah Glasson, with whom he had five children. He was an acting judge on the District Court in 1916. In 1923 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Nationalist. He took silk in 1924, the year in which he was appointed a minister without portfolio in the government. He held that position until 1925, and from 1927 to 1930 served as Attorney-General and Vice-President of the Executive Council. He resigned from the Council in 1932 to take up an appointment as a judge in divorce on the New South Wales Supreme Court. Boyce died at Pymble in 1940.[2]

Honours Received

Kings Counsel (KC) 1924

Notes and References

  1. Book: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boyce-francis-stewart-5320 . Biography. Boyce, Francis Stewart (1872–1940). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mr Francis Stewart Boyce, KC, BA, LLB (1872-1940) . Yes . 1 May 2019 . 1243.