What is Peter Cartwright (lawyer)?
[[File:Peter Cartwright (cropped).jpg|thumb|Cartwright in 2016|200px]] '''Peter John Cartwright''' {{Small|[[New Zealand Order of Merit|CNZM]] [[Queen's Service Order|QSO]] [[Venerable Order of Saint John|CStJ]]}} (3 May 1940 – 17 April 2019) was a [[New Zealand]] [[lawyer]]. He was the husband of [[Silvia Cartwright|Dame Silvia Cartwright]] (''[[née]]'' Poulter). He was the viceregal consort of New Zealand between 2001 and 2006, when his wife was serving as the 18th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]]. He was the [[chairman]] of the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the Indecent Publications Tribunal and the Broadcasting Standards Authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.caauckland.org.nz/site/caauckland/Newsletter%20September%202016.pdf|title=Our patron – Peter Cartwright LLB CNZM QSO CStJ|date=September 2016|work=Newsletter|publisher=Citizen Advocacy Auckland|access-date=25 April 2019|page=3}}</ref> He was born in [[Dunedin]]. He went to a [[boarding school]] in [[Christchurch]]. Cartwright died in [[Auckland]] on 17 April 2019. He was 78.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=peter-john-cartwright&pid=192417957|title=Peter John Cartwright|date=18 April 2019|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cartwright, Peter}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand lawyers]] [[Category:People from Dunedin]] {{Bio-stub}}