Joseph Garrick

Joseph Hector Garrick (Sydney, New South Wales, 8 December 1846[1] — 23 February 1908[2]), was an Australian lawyer who served as a judge on the benches of the Kingdom of Viti, the first Fijian nation-state.[3] Having arrived in 1873, Garrick was associated with the events leading up to the cession of the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874.[4]

The Honourable

Joseph Hector Garrick
5th Attorney General of Fiji
In office
25 November 1876 – 1882
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
Sir William Des Vœux
Preceded byJames Herman De Ricci
Succeeded byFielding Clarke
Personal details
Born8 December 1846
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 February 1908(1908-02-23) (aged 61)
Spouse(s)Emily Constance Agnew
1868 — 1880 (divorced)
Emma Elizabeth Milne
m. 1881
RelationsJames Francis Garrick — brother
Francis James Garrick —brother
Children2 sons, 2 daughters
ProfessionLawyer

Following cession, Garrick was appointed Chief Police Magistrate and Registrar General on 1 September 1875.[5] He went on to serve as Attorney General of Fiji from 25 November 1876[6] to 1882.

After retiring from government service, he continued to practice Law privately in Levuka, and was still doing so as of 1889.[7]

Personal life

Garrick was born in Sydney to James Francis Garrick and his wife Catherine Eliza Branson, both formerly of London.[8] He was a younger brother to the New Zealand politician Francis James Garrick[9] and the Queensland politician James Francis Garrick.

Garrick married Emily Constance Agnew in Sydney, in 1868. They had two children, Hector and Constance,[10] but the marriage ended in divorce. On 22 July 1880, Garrick was co-respondent in a divorce suit initiated by barrister William Scott, who accused Garrick of having committed adultery with his wife, Emma Elizabeth Scott, née Milne. The court granted Scott's suit and £1000 damages.[11][12] Garrick subsequently remarried to Milne in Sydney 1881; he had two more children with her — Godfrey Ernest and Gladys Neville.[13]

Garrick died 23 February 1908.

References
  1. "Joseph Hector Garrick". Family Search. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. "About Us/History". BSPLife. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. "Fiji — Judicial". The New Zealand Herald. X (3731). 25 October 1873. p. 1. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. "The Garricks to keep their Fiji land". Pacific Islands Monthly. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. "New South Wales". The Mercury. 4 October 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. "News by the Suez and Californian Mail". Australian Town and Country Journal. 13 January 1877. p. 26. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander. 11 August 1888. p. 212. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. "Garrick family". RootsWeb. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. "Francis James Garrick". Star , Issue 6874, 9 June 1890, Page 4. 9 June 1890. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  10. Hayes, Kaye. "Joseph Hector GARRICK - former Attorney General of Fiji". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. "Fiji News". Hawke's Bay Herald. XXI (5769). 17 August 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  12. "Save to my tree divorce argus 26 aug 1880". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  13. Hayes, Kaye. "Joseph Hector GARRICK - former Attorney General of Fiji". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
Legal offices
Preceded by
James Herman De Ricci		 Attorney General of Fiji
1876–1882		 Succeeded by
Sir Fielding Clarke
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