Alexander Bathgate [SEP] date of death
Alexander Bathgate
Alexander Bathgate (4 August 1845–9 September 1930) was a New Zealand lawyer, company director, writer and conservationist. He was born in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland on 4 August 1845. He was the son of John Bathgate. When Alexander was 18 years old, and was studying at the University of Edinburgh he migrated to Dunedin with his parents, brother and sisters. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1872. In 1909 he retired.
the important civil and criminal cases in the province. In 1889, he was elevated to the bench on the death of Justice Alexander James Johnston and was sworn in by His Honour Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice of New Zealand, in February 1889. Denniston was knighted on 21 February 1917 upon his retirement from the bench.
Denniston was married on 15 November 1887, to Helen Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Bathgate, MLC, and had three sons and two daughters. He died on 22 July 1919 at