1. Sir Herbert Angas Parsons, KBE, KC, generally known as Sir Angas Parsons, was a Cornish Australian lawyer, politician and judge.
12 Facts About Angas Parsons
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Angas Parsons was educated at Prince Alfred College and Roseworthy Agricultural College before spending three years following "pastoral and financial pursuits".
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Angas Parsons then studied law at the University of Adelaide, serving his articles with George Ash and graduating in March 1897, aged 24.
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Angas Parsons was admitted to the Bar later in 1897.
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Angas Parsons was briefly Attorney-General of South Australia and minister of education in 1915.
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Angas Parsons was appointed King's Counsel in 1916, a judge of the Supreme Court in 1921, senior puisne judge in 1927, and acting chief justice in 1935.
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On occasions, Angas Parsons acted as Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia and, after his father's death, in 1904 he became consul for Japan.
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Angas Parsons was warden of the University of Adelaide's senate, and vice-chancellor from 1942 to 1944.
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Angas Parsons was knighted in 1936, and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
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Angas Parsons retired in 1945 and, having "spent many hours at the Adelaide Club, preferring its convivial atmosphere to his wife's Methodism".
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On 18 April 1900, Angas Parsons married Mary Elsie Bonython, eldest surviving child of Sir John Langdon Bonython and his wife Mary Louisa Fredericka nee Balthasar.
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Mary Elsie Angas Parsons served with distinction as Mayoress at official functions for her widowed brother Sir John Lavington Bonython in 1911 and 1912.