Leonard Leary

Captain L. P. Leary photograph (1920)

Leonard Poulter Leary CMG MC QC (24 March 1891 – 11 April 1990) was a New Zealand lawyer and writer. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, on 24 March 1891.[1]

Leary was appointed Queen's Counsel on 7 February 1952.[2] In the 1973 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to the law.[3] In 1977, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bassett, Judith. "Leonard Poulter Leary". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "New Queen's Counsel". Marlborough Express. Vol. 87, no. 33. 8 February 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 21 June 2026 – via Papers Past.
  3. ↑ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. pp. 33–36.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 225. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
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