Edward Stone (Australian judge)

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Sir Edward Albert Stone (9 March 1844 - 2 April 1920) was an Australian lawyer, politician and the fourth Chief Justice of Western Australia.

Born in Perth, Western Australia and educated at Chigwell, Essex, Stone was the second son of George Stone, an early attorney-general of the colony of Western Australia. He joined his father's law firm in 1860 and was called to the bar in 1865. Throughout the 1870s and 80s he held a variety of posts including as clerk of the Legislative Council, acting attorney-general, and acting judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Stone was eventually appointed a puisne judge of the court in 1884 and succeeded Sir Alexander Onslow as Chief Justice in 1901. Stone was knighted in 1902. He remained Chief Justice until forced to retire due to health problems in 1906.

In addition to his career as a lawyer and judge, Stone was a member of the Church of England and was invovled in various philanthropic, educational and cultural movements in Western Australia.

Stone died in Perth, aged 76, on 2 April 1920 and was survived by his wife, Susan Shenton.

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