Jules Omer John Malfroy was a prominent New Zealand lawyer, legal advisor to the British government during the Second World War, and an early twentieth century rugby union international.
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Jules Malfroy is known as one of the "lost lions" due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina, which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer Test status on any of the four encounters with the Argentina national rugby union team.
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Jules Malfroy was born in 1901, the eldest son of Camille M Malfroy, of the State Forest Department, Wellington.
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Jules Malfroy was born at Hokitika, where he received his primary education.
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Jules Malfroy spent one year at the local Boys' High School before moving to the Waitaki Boys' High School.
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Jules Malfroy then entered a legal office in Christchurch in 1920 and studied law at Canterbury College.
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Jules Malfroy then went on to study for honours in law and LL.
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Jules Malfroy, was nominated in 1924 as the Wellington candidate for 1924 for the Rhodes Scholarship.
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Jules Malfroy was then awarded the Jacob Joseph Scholarship for law research in 1924 and again was nominated for the Rhodes scholarship in 1925.
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Jules Malfroy was both a rugby footballer and athlete, having represented Wellington province for three years in rugby union.
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Jules Malfroy entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and from there was awarded a Harkness Fellowship, under which he continued to specialise in international law at Columbia University, New York, and Berkeley College, California.
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Jules Malfroy was appointed a legal expert to the British government.
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Jules Malfroy married Charlotte Georgiana Rose Mary Somerset, daughter of Charles Edward Henry Somerset and Edith Morten Weatherly, on 25 September 1933.