# Walter Stringer

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**Sir Thomas Walter Stringer** (4 November 1855 – 8 December 1944) was a New Zealand judge appointed to the [King's Counsel](/source/King's_Counsel).[1]

## Early life and career

Stringer was born and raised in Christchurch. He was educated at [Canterbury University College](/source/University_of_Canterbury) and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1879. In 1882 he married Ada Davies.[2] He became a Crown Solicitor is 1893, based in Christchurch.[3] When the first ten appointments to the King' Counsel were made in June 1907 by Chief Justice [Robert Stout](/source/Robert_Stout), Stringer was one of two appointees from Christchurch.[4] He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1914.

## Later life and death

From 1927 to 1940 he was in charge of the War Pensions Appeal Board. He was appointed a [Knight Bachelor](/source/Knight_Bachelor) in the [1928 New Year Honours](/source/1928_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)).[5] His wife, Ada Stringer, died in 1932. He died in Christchurch in 1944.

## References

1. ["Sir Walter Stringer"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441209.2.81). *paperspast.natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

1. ["Former Judge"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19441211.2.16). *paperspast.natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

1. ["Macdonald Dictionary Record: Thomas Walter Stringer"](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/717737). *Canterbury Museum*. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

1. ["King's Counsel"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070607.2.55). *paperspast.natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

1. ["New year honours"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19280104.2.86). *Northern Advocate*. 4 January 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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