John Hawkins Hagarty
Sir John Hawkins Hagarty | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Chief Justice of Ontario | |
In office 1884–1897 | |
Preceded by | John Godfrey Spragge |
Succeeded by | George William Burton |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 September 1816 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 27 April 1900 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 83)
Sir John Hawkins Hagarty (17 September 1816 – 27 April 1900) was a Canadian lawyer, teacher, and judge.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Hagarty was educated at Trinity College, Dublin for a year before emigrating to Upper Canada in 1834. He was a student-at-law in the law office of George Duggan in Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1840 and was a partner with John Willoughby Crawford. As well from 1852 to 1855, he taught at Trinity College, Toronto. In 1856, he was appointed a judge. He was a judge for 41 years including: Puisne Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1856–62), judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (1862–68), Chief Justice of Common Pleas (1868–78), Chief Justice of Queen's Bench (1878–84), and President of the Court of Appeal and Chief Justice of Ontario (1884–97).
He was knighted in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours when he retired in 1897.[1]
References[]
- ^ "No. 26947". The London Gazette. 14 March 1898. p. 1691.
External links[]
- "John Hawkins Hagarty". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Hawkins Hagarty. |
- 1816 births
- 1900 deaths
- Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Canadian Knights Bachelor
- Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
- University of Toronto faculty
- Lawyers in Ontario
- People from Dublin (city)
- Immigrants to Upper Canada
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto