What is Peter Underwood?
[[The Honourable]] '''Peter George Underwood''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (10 October 1937 &ndash; 7 July 2014) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[jurist]] and [[politician]]. He was the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Tasmania]] from 2004 to 2008. He was a judge of that court since 1984. He was the [[Governor of Tasmania]] from 2008 until his death in 2014. He replaced [[William Cox]]. Underwood was born in the [[United Kingdom]]. He moved to Australia in 1950 at the age of 13. He served in the [[Royal Australian Navy]] and graduated from the [[University of Tasmania]] in 1960. Underwood had a [[Tumor|tumour]] removed from his [[kidney]] in early June 2014. However, he had a setback after coming back to office. He died from [[kidney cancer]] on 7 July 2014 in [[Hobart]]. He was 76.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-08/tasmania-governor-peter-underwood-dies-aged-76/5580058|title=Peter Underwood, Tasmania's Governor, dies aged 76 following kidney surgery|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=9 July 2014|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/about_us/judges/chief_justices/underwood Peter Underwood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416081658/http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/about_us/judges/chief_justices/underwood |date=2016-04-16 }} at the [http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/ Supreme Court of Tasmania] {{DEFAULTSORT:Underwood, Peter}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian judges]] [[Category:Australian lawyers]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Australia]] [[Category:Deaths from kidney cancer]] [[Category:Governors of Tasmania]] [[Category:University of Tasmania alumni]] {{Bio-stub}}