Richard Henry Searby AO QC (23 July 1931 – 8 August 2018) was an Australian lawyer,[1] company director and academic.
He was awarded a BA Lit Hum (Hons) and an MA from Oxford University in 1954 (as well as a sports blue for tennis) and was then admitted to the Inner Temple.
Rupert Murdoch was a childhood friend of Searby's with whom he shared a study at the Geelong Grammar School and attended Oxford University.
[4] He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2006 for his services to education, as a contributor to the programs of major cultural institutions, business and the law,[5] the first of which formed a symbiosis with the vocation of his grandfather.
[6] Searby was a leading member of Australia's legal fraternity and held several directorships of Australian and international corporations, including: