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Biography: Barrowclough, Harold Eric

Harold Eric Barrowclough

Harold Eric Barrowclough

Considered a better soldier than a lawyer, Harold Eric Barrowclough was nevertheless appointed chief justice in 1953 and helped establish a permanent Court of Appeal in New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/2-043494; F

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

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J. A. B. Crawford. 'Barrowclough, Harold Eric', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/84/harold-eric-barrowclough (accessed 4 June 2026).