Frank Gladstone Menzies CBE was an Australian lawyer and public servant.
24 Facts About Frank Menzies
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Frank Menzies served as crown solicitor of Victoria from 1926 to 1954.
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Frank Menzies was an older brother of prime minister Robert Menzies.
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Frank Menzies was the second of five children born to Kate and James Menzies.
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Frank Menzies was named after British prime minister William Gladstone.
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Frank Menzies's father and uncle Hugh Menzies served in state parliament while another uncle Sydney Sampson was a federal MP.
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Frank Menzies began his education at state schools in Jeparit and Ballarat, completing his secondary education at Grenville College.
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Frank Menzies transferred to the Victorian Law Department in 1911 and in 1913 joined the Crown Solicitor's Office.
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Frank Menzies was promoted to captain, performing "regimental and staff duties".
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Frank Menzies was exposed to gas in March 1918 and formally discharged in May 1919.
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Frank Menzies graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1920 and was admitted to the Victorian Bar in the same year.
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Frank Menzies began conducting prosecutions in the courts of petty session and appeared as a legal assistant before boards of inquiry and royal commissions.
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Frank Menzies was an unsuccessful candidate for Nationalist preselection in the seat of Toorak at the 1920 state election.
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Frank Menzies was a member of the Victorian Football Association's disciplinary tribunal.
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In 1926, Frank Menzies was appointed Crown Solicitor of Victoria in succession to Edward Guinness, who had held the position since 1889.
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Frank Menzies was responsible for Victoria's submission to the uniform tax case of 1942.
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In 1950, Frank Menzies led the appeal against the retrial granted to convicted murderers Jean Lee, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews.
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Frank Menzies retired as crown solicitor in 1954, having been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951.
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Frank Menzies subsequently served on the boards of several companies associated with Staniforth Ricketson.
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In 1955, Frank Menzies served on the three-member commission which determined the capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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Frank Menzies served on the 1959 Monckton Commission into the federation's future as a representative of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Frank Menzies married Ruby Friend in 1922 with whom he had three sons, including a set of twins.
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Frank Menzies was an "accomplished tenor" who sang with the Royal Victorian Liedertafel for twenty years.
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Frank Menzies died on 31 August 1978, aged 86, at his home in Balwyn.