Sir Percival Halse Rogers (1883-1945)

KBE, BCL Oxf BA
Fellow of Senate 1929-1941
Deputy Chancellor 1934-1936
Chancellor 1936-1941

Sir Percival Halse Rogers was born in 1883 at Gunnedah New South Wales. He was educated at Newington College and at the University of Sydney where he graduated BA in 1905. He was the second Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales, attending Worcester College, Oxford from 1905 to 1908, where he graduated BCL.

On his return to Sydney, he was first appointed associate to Chief Justice (Sir) William Cullen and was later admitted to the Bar on 1911. At the Bar, he soon established a large common law practice. In 1926, he was appointed Kings Counsel. In 1928, Halse Rogers was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court, presiding in the Commercial Causes Court. He also served as Royal Commissioner on four occasions.

Halse Rogers was a Director of the Sydney Hospital (1930-45), Chairman of the Metropolitan Hospitals Contribution Fund, a member of the Fairbridge Farm Schools of New South Wales and Chairman of Directors at the University Club.

Halse Rogers, was a Fellow of Senate from 1929-41. He was elected Deputy Chancellor in 1934 until elected Chancellor in 1936. He represented the University at the 1937 Congress of Universities of the British Empire held at Cambridge. He was appointed KBE in 1939.

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