What is Owen Woodhouse?
[[Lieutenant]] [[Commander]] '''Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse''' {{Small|[[Order of New Zealand|ONZ]] [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]]}} (18 July 1916 &ndash; 15 April 2014), better known as '''Owen Woodhouse''', was a [[New Zealand]] [[lawyer]], [[jurist]] and chair of [[Royal Commission|government commissions]]. He was a member of the [[High Court of New Zealand|Supreme Court]]. He later served as President of the [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand|Court of Appeal]] from 1981 until 1986. Woodhouse was born in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] and studied at the [[University of Auckland]]. During [[World War II]], he served as a lieutenant commander in the [[Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve]]. Woodhouse died from [[natural causes]] on 15 April 2014 in [[Auckland]], aged 97.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11238774|title=ACC architect Sir Owen Woodhouse dies aged 97|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=15 April 2014|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodhouse, Owen}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand judges]] [[Category:New Zealand lawyers]] [[Category:Military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Oceanic military people]] [[Category:People from Napier, New Zealand]]