Michael Hardie Boys

The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO, KStJ (born 6 October 1931) is a New Zealand jurist and was the country's 17th Governor-General, from 1996 to 2001. After his schooling at Hataitai School and Wellington College, he gained BA and LL.B degrees from Victoria University College. Hardie Boys married Mary Zohrab in 1957. They have two sons, two daughters and eight grandchildren. Originally a lawyer, Hardie Boys became a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand in 1980, and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 1989, the same year in which he became a Privy Counsellor. In 1994 was created an Honorary Bencher at Gray's Inn, and in 1995 was elected an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is also a...