List of Chief Justices of New South Wales
No. | Image | Chief Justice | Term of Office | Governor appointed |
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1 | Sir Francis Forbes | 13 October 1823 - 1 July 1837 | Sir Thomas Brisbane | |
2 | Sir James Dowling | 30 August 1833 - 27 September 1844 | Sir Richard Bourke | |
3 | Sir Alfred Stephen | 7 October 1844 - 6 November 1873 | Sir George Gipps | |
4 | Sir James Martin | 19 November 1873 - 4 November 1886 | Lord Rosmead | |
5 | Sir Julian Salomons | 12 November 1886 - 27 November 1886 | The Marquess Lincolnshire | |
6 | Sir Frederick Darley | 29 November 1886 - 4 January 1910 | The Marquess Lincolnshire | |
7 | Sir William Cullen | 28 January 1910 - 27 January 1925 | The Viscount Chelmsford | |
8 | Sir Philip Street | 28 January 1925 - 31 January 1934 | Sir Dudley de Chair | |
9 | Sir Frederick Jordan | 1 February 1934 - 4 November 1949 | Sir Dudley de Chair | |
10 | Sir Kenneth Street | 6 January 1950 - 27 January 1960 | Sir John Northcott | |
11 | Herbert Evatt | 15 February 1960 - 24 October 1962 | Sir Eric Woodward | |
12 | Sir Leslie Herron | 25 October 1962 - 22 May 1972 | Sir Eric Woodward | |
13 | Sir John Kerr | 23 May 1972 - 27 June 1974 | Sir Roden Cutler | |
14 | Sir Laurence Street | 28 June 1974 - 1 November 1988 | Sir Roden Cutler | |
15 | Murray Gleeson | 2 November 1988 - 31 March 1998 | Sir James Rowland | |
16 | James Spigelman | 19 May 1998 - 31 May 2011 | Gordon Samuels | |
17 | Tom Bathurst | 1 June 2011 – present | Marie Bashir |
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