A. H. Simpson

[1] He entered Christ College, Cambridge, studying Law, graduated BA, MA, and was admitted to the Bar in 1868.

In 1885 he was admitted ad eundem AM by Sydney University and appointed QC in 1886 and elevated to the Bench as Probate and Bankruptcy judge.

He notably disliked sitting for hours at a stretch, so had a sort of well constructed so that while hearing disputes he could stand, though the fact would not be obvious to the litigants.

[2] He died at his home, "St Ives", Hunter's Hill at age 75, following a paralytic stroke.

[3] A beneficiary of her will was St Alban's College, Hunters Hill, for an "A. H. Simpson Scholarship" to benefit boys wanting to enter the Anglican ministry.