Sir Charles Arthur Hillas Lempriere Abbott (31October 188914September 1960) was an Australian lawyer, jurist and politician who represented the

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seats of East Torrens (1933–1938) and Burnside (1938–1946), and was a Judge of the

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(1946–1959).

Early life

Abbott was born 31 October 1889 at Wagga Wagga Hospital in the

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to father, Doctor Charles Abbott and mother Susanna (nee Beitsch). The Beitsch family came to Sydney from

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Germany per Boomerang (ship) and Yarra Yarra (ship) in 1855.

Political and Judicial Career

Abbott was first elected to the South Australian Parliament in 1933 and again in 1939. In 1944, Abbott was appointed as the State's Attorney-General and Ministries of Education, Employment and Industry, and resigned his Ministries in April 1946, before his eventual resignation from the Parliament in May 1946. Following Abbott's resignation from the South Australian Parliament in 1946, he was appointed as a judge of the

and continued in that role until his retirement in 1959.

Personal life

Abbott married to Gladys Rose DeLaney in Adelaide, where they had three children: * Diana Athalie Pemberton (1920–2008) * Charles Anthony Lempriere Abbott (1922–2008) * Derek Athol Lempriere Abbott (1926–1987) He served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of South Australia from 1950 to 1959. and was made a

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in the January 1960 New Year Honours by

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbott, Charles 1889 births 1960 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Attorneys-general of South Australia Australian Knights Bachelor Judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia 20th-century Australian judges