Arthur Donnelly
New Zealand lawyer and sports administrator
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Sir Arthur Telford Donnelly KBE CMG (6 June 1890 – 1 February 1954) was a New Zealand lawyer and sports administrator, and chairman of the Bank of New Zealand.
6 June 1890
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| Born | Arthur Telford Donnelly 6 June 1890 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 1 February 1954 (aged 63) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Education | Christchurch Boys' High School |
| Alma mater | Canterbury University College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Life and career
Born in Christchurch, Donnelly was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury College. He qualified as a solicitor at 19 and as a barrister at 20,[1] and joined his father's Christchurch law firm, Raymond, Stringer, Hamilton and Donnelly.[2] He served as a sergeant with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in France in World War I.[3]
A club cricketer with the West Christchurch cricket club from 1908 to 1922, he was a life member of the New Zealand Cricket Council, of which he was chairman of committee for ten years from 1928 and President from 1946 to 1948.[2] He managed the New Zealand cricket team in England in 1931, and played in one of the non-first-class matches at the end of the tour.[4] He was a steward of the Canterbury Jockey Club.
Donnelly was appointed Crown Solicitor for Christchurch in 1921, and became chairman of the Bank of New Zealand in April 1937.[5] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services, in the 1939 New Year Honours,[6] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours.[7] In 1953, Donnelly was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[8]