Rae Else-Mitchell
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Rae Else-Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
| In office 8 September 1958 – 1 October 1974 | |
| Judge of the Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales | |
| In office 1 January 1962 – 1 October 1974 | |
| Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission | |
| In office October 1974 – 1 July 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Leslie Melville |
| Succeeded by | Dick Rye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 29 June 2006 (aged 91) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG, QC (20 September 1914 – 29 June 2006) was an Australian jurist, royal commissioner, historian and legal scholar. He was an active member and office bearer in a number of community organisations concerned with history, the arts, libraries, medicine, education, financial and public administration, and town planning. His obituary in The Times (London) described him as being "among Australia's cleverest postwar judges and administrators, accomplishing two distinguished careers of almost equal length."[1]
Rae Else-Mitchell was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 20 September 1914, the son of Francis Montague Else-Mitchell and his wife, Pearl Marie née Gregory. His maternal grandfather was noted cricketer, Dave Gregory,[1] whose biography he was later to write for the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
He was educated at Artarmon Public School, New South Wales and Middle Park Central School, Victoria. He completed his secondary schooling at Melbourne High School. He matriculated to the University of Sydney (Bachelor of Laws First Class Honours 1936). In 1936 he shared with John Kerr and J B Robinson the John George Dalley Prize awarded for the most distinguished student graduating in the Faculty of Law.[2][3]
