Higgins, Henry Bournes (1851–1929)
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Higgins, Mervyn Bournes (son)
- Higgins, Anne (mother)
- Higgins, John (father)
- Morrison, George (father-in-law)
- Higgins, Frances Georgina (sister)
- Higgins, John (brother)
- Higgins, Katherine (sister-in-law)
- Morrison, George Ernest (brother-in-law)
- Palmer, Janet Gertrude (niece)
- Higgins, Esmonde Macdonald (nephew)
- Palmer, Edward Vivian (nephew by marriage)
- Rentoul, John Laurence (friend)
- Sutherland, Alexander (friend)
- Deakin, Alfred (friend)
- Henry, Alice (friend)
- Portus, John Hereford (friend)
- Griffith, Samuel Walker (work colleague)
- Barton, Edmund (work colleague)
- O'Connor, Richard Edward (work colleague)
- Isaacs, Isaac Alfred (work colleague)
- Starke, Hayden Erskine (work colleague)
- Cussen, Leo Finn Bernard (colleague)
- Cumbrae-Stewart, Francis William Sutton (colleague)
- Officer, Frank Keith (colleague)
- Strong, Charles (acquaintance)
- Redmond, John Edward (acquaintance)
- Stott, Sydney (acquaintance)
- McKay, Hugh Victor (acquaintance)
- Laby, Thomas Howell (associate)
- Hearn, William Edward (mentor)
- Pearson, Charles Henry (mentor)
- Jageurs, Morgan Peter (influenced)
Henry Bournes Higgins, 190?
National Library of Australia, 23458326
Life Summary [details]
Birth
30 June,
1851
Newtownards,
Down,
Ireland
Death
13 January,
1929
(aged 77)
Dromana,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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Education
Occupation or Descriptor
- barrister
- high court judge
- industrial arbitrator/conciliator
- Irish nationalist
- liberal/conservative politician
- Member of Lower House
- university administrator
Military Service
Clubs
Key Events
- Federal conventions, 1890-98
- Harvester judgment, 1907
- Royal Commission on Legal Procedures (Vic), 1897-99
Legacies
- H. B. Higgins exhibition (University of Melbourne)
- Higgins (suburb, Canberra)
- Higgins federal electorate (Melbourne)