Spender, Percy Claude

 Person: id 5381

Primary information

University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Spender
Given name(s)
Percy Claude
Initials
P.C.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male

Education

Early education
Spender, P.C. : Darlinghurst Public SchoolSpender, P.C. : Fort St Model School
Tertiary education
Spender P.C. : Arts.B.A., 1918, University of SydneySpender P.C. : Law.LL.B., 1922, University of Sydney
Combined start dates
19161919
Education notes
Studied part time while working as a clerk

Life events

Birth
Spender P.C. : Life.Birth 5 Oct 1897 - @ Darlinghurst [ NSW Australia ]
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Spender P.C. : Clerk - Sydney City Council @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Solicitor - Newtown Court of Petty Sessions @ Newtown [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Solicitor - NSW Crown Solicitor's Office @ New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Solicitor 1925 - @ Phillip Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Member of House of Representatives 1937 - Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Warringah [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Acting Treasurer 1 Nov 1939 - Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]Spender P.C. : Minister for the Army 1940 - 1941 Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]Spender P.C. : Treasurer 1 Mar 1940 - 1 Oct 1940 Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]Spender P.C. : Minister for External Affairs 1949 - Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]Spender P.C. : Ambassador to USA 1 Mar 1951 - Commonwealth Government of Australia @ Washington DC [ USA ]Spender P.C. : Member 1958 - 1967 International Court of Justice @ The Hague [ Netherlands ]
Other events
Spender P.C. : Military and health.Enlisted 20 Sep 1918Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Admitted to the Bar 10 May 1923 - @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Relationships.Married 6 Apr 1925 - @ St Mary Magdalene Church of England : Coraki [ NSW Australia ]Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Appointed K.C. 1935Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Vice President 5th General Assembly of the United Nations 1950Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1952Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Vice President of Aust. Delegation at the UN 1952 - 1956Spender P.C. : Specific terms.Appointed K.C.V.O. 1957
Death
Spender P.C. : Death 3 May 1985 @ Darling Point [ NSW Australia ]

USyd & UMelb only

OCRd book entry or other narrative
BA. His surname and initials are listed in the back of the Book of Remembrance as a member of the University who joined the Company, volunteered for active service, and having been accepted for the A.I.F, was in camp at Liverpool preparatory to leaving for the Front, October 1918.

Documents and photographs

Publications
Company Law and Practice, 1937 with Sir Gordon Wallace, Exercises in Diplomacy,1969, Politics and a Man 1976 his memoirs

Family, religion, special flags

Narrative and notes

Visible notes
The recipient of honorary doctorates from ten universities, in 1976 he was appointed to the Grande Ufficiale Order of Merit, Republic of Italy. From ADB entry

External links

ADB Entry ID
15475
Discovering Anzacs
https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/408451

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Basic Information needed
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SourceInfo
UniComp
UniCompDegree
B.A.
UniCompStatus
Combatant
 
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