List of Chief Justices of New South Wales 1824 - present

Sir Francis Forbes	17 May 1824 - 1 July 1837
Sir James Dowling	30 August 1837 – 27 September 1844
Sir Alfred Stephen	7 October 1844 – 6 November 1873
Sir James Martin	19 November 1873 – 4 November 1886
Sir Julian Emanuel Salomons	12 November 1886 – 27 November 1886
Sir Frederick Matthew Darley	29 November 1886 – 4 January 1910
Sir William Portus Cullen	28 January 1910 – 27 January 1925
Sir Philip Whistler Street	28 January 1925 – 31 January 1934
Sir Frederick Richard Jordan	1 February 1934 – 4 November 1949
Sir Kenneth Whistler Street	6 January 1950 – 27 January 1960
Dr Herbert Vere Evatt	15 February 1960 – 24 October 1962
Sir Leslie James Herron	25 October 1962 – 22 May 1972
Sir John Robert Kerr	23 May 1972 – 27 June 1974
Sir Laurence Whistler Street	28 June 1974 – 1 November 1988
Anthony Murray Gleeson AC	2 November 1988 – 21 May 1998
James Jacob Spigelman AC	25 May 1998 – 31 May 2011
Thomas Frederick Bathurst AC	1 June 2011 – 5 March 2022
Dr Andrew Scott Bell	6 March 2022 – present

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