Sir Thomas Walter Stringer (4 November 1855 – 8 December 1944) was a New Zealand judge appointed to the

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Early life and career

Stringer was born and raised in Christchurch. He was educated at

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and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1879. In 1882 he married Ada Davies. He became a Crown Solicitor is 1893, based in Christchurch. When the first ten appointments to the King' Counsel were made in June 1907 by Chief Justice

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, Stringer was one of two appointees from Christchurch. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1914.

Later life and death

From 1927 to 1940 he was in charge of the War Pensions Appeal Board. He was appointed a

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in the

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. His wife, Ada Stringer, died in 1932. He died in Christchurch in 1944.

References

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