Joseph Garrick
Australian lawyer and judge
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Joseph Hector Garrick (Sydney, New South Wales, 8 December 1846[1] — 23 February 1908[2]), was an Australian lawyer who served as a judge on the benches of the Kingdom of Viti, the first Fijian nation-state.[3] Having arrived in 1873, Garrick was associated with the events leading up to the cession of the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874.[4]
Joseph Hector Garrick | |
|---|---|
| 5th Attorney General of Fiji | |
| In office 25 November 1876 – 1882 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor | Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon Sir William Des Vœux |
| Preceded by | James Herman De Ricci |
| Succeeded by | Fielding Clarke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1846 |
| Died | 23 February 1908 (aged 61) |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Constance Agnew 1868 — 1880 (divorced) Emma Elizabeth Milne m. 1881 |
| Relations | James Francis Garrick — brother Francis James Garrick —brother |
| Children | 2 sons, 2 daughters |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Following cession, Garrick was appointed Chief Police Magistrate and Registrar General on 1 September 1875.[5] He went on to serve as Attorney General of Fiji from 25 November 1876[6] to 1882.
After retiring from government service, he continued to practice Law privately in Levuka, and was still doing so as of 1889.[7]
Personal life
Garrick was born in Sydney to James Francis Garrick and his wife Catherine Eliza Branson, both formerly of London.[8] He was a younger brother to the New Zealand politician Francis James Garrick[9] and the Queensland politician James Francis Garrick.
Garrick married Emily Constance Agnew in Sydney, in 1868. They had two children, Hector and Constance,[10] but the marriage ended in divorce. On 22 July 1880, Garrick was co-respondent in a divorce suit initiated by barrister William Scott, who accused Garrick of having committed adultery with his wife, Emma Elizabeth Scott, née Milne. The court granted Scott's suit and £1000 damages.[11][12] Garrick subsequently remarried to Milne in Sydney 1881; he had two more children with her — Godfrey Ernest and Gladys Neville.[13]
Garrick died 23 February 1908.