10 Facts About Douglas Menzies

Sir Douglas Ian Menzies KBE was an Australian judge, serving as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Douglas Menzies was Chancellor of Monash University from 1968 until his death in 1974.

Douglas Menzies was a nephew of Hugh and James Menzies and a first cousin of Sir Robert Menzies.

Douglas Menzies was educated at Hobart High School and Devonport High School in Tasmania, before returning to Victoria to study at the University of Melbourne.

Douglas Menzies was admitted as a solicitor in 1930 and to the Victorian Bar in 1932, where he practised as a barrister.

From 1956 to 1958, Douglas Menzies was the president of the Law Council of Australia, and in 1958, served as president of the Victorian Bar Council.

Douglas Menzies was appointed to the bench of the High Court on 12 June 1958, by the government of Robert Douglas Menzies, his cousin.

Douglas Menzies served on the bench of the High Court until his death on 29 November 1974.

Douglas Menzies collapsed suddenly at the New South Wales Bar's annual Bench and Bar Dinner and was taken to nearby Sydney Hospital.

Douglas Menzies was survived by a son and three daughters, one of whom is biochemist and scientist Catherine Anne Money.