Supreme Court of New South Wales

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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