Sir Charles Arthur Hillas Lempriere Abbott (31 October 1889 – 14 September 1960) was an Australian politician who represented the

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seats of

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from 1933 to 1938 and Burnside from 1938 to 1946 for the

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. He was appointed as a judge of the

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in 1946 and continued in that role until 1959. He was knighted in January 1960.Australian Honours Database
Retrieved 20 January 2019

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1889 births 1960 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Attorneys-General of South Australia Australian Knights Bachelor Judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia 20th-century Australian judges {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub