Sir Arthur Frederick Peterson (12 October 1859 – 12 May 1922) was a leading

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and an English High Court

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in the Chancery Division from 1915 until his death in 1922. He was born in

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, Colony of Victoria, the son of William Peterson of Melby, Shetland Islands, a station owner in Victoria, Riverina and

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and principal of the well known Flinders Street firm. He was a cousin of Sir William Peterson, principal of McGill University. Arthur was sent to England at the age of twelve for his education and attended

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. He went on to study at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He had a distinguished scholastic career and later entered Lincoln's Inn. On 22 November 1915 he was created a judge of the Chancery Division having not long previously been created a

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. During the

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he was special constable detailed for duty at Buckingham Palace. He was unmarried.''The Argus'' (Melbourne, Victoria) Tuesday 23 November 1915

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* 1859 births 1922 deaths Knights Bachelor 20th-century English judges Lawyers from Melbourne 20th-century King's Counsel Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Chancery Division judges People educated at Dulwich College Members of Lincoln's Inn Emigrants from colonial Australia to the United Kingdom Metropolitan Special Constabulary officers {{law-bio-stub