Samuel Griffith

✶June 21, 1845

†August 9, 1920

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About their life

Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chief Justice of Queensland and two terms as Premier of Queensland, and played a key role in the drafting of the Australian Constitution.

Australian judge and politician (1845–1920)

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Biography from the article Samuel Griffith on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.