Peter Underwood
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The Honourable Peter Underwood AC |
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| 27th Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 2 April 2008 – 7 July 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier |
Paul Lennon David Bartlett Lara Giddings Will Hodgman |
| Preceded by | William Cox |
| Succeeded by | Kate Warner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Peter George Underwood 10 October 1937 United Kingdom |
| Died | 7 July 2014 (aged 76) Hobart, Tasmania |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Underwood |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of Australia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Australian Navy
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| Rank | Sub Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Peter George Underwood AC (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of that court from 1984.
Underwood was born in 1937 in the United Kingdom, and emigrated to Australia in 1950. He served in the Royal Australian Navy first as a National Serviceman and then in the Reserve as a sub-lieutenant. He graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1960, and practised law in Hobart for the law firm Murdoch, Clarke, Cosgrove and Drake. He was a distinguished trial advocate for over twenty years. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in August 1984.
He managed and taught postgraduate courses in advocacy and Supreme Court practice through the University of Tasmania's Centre for Legal Practice, and continued to teach advocacy in all states of Australia with the Advocacy Institute of Australia. He also taught for The College of Law (UK) in Hong Kong and London.
Underwood had a special interest in the reform of civil procedure. He pioneered case management in Tasmania in 1989 and was instrumental in the development and use of technology as an aid to judicial work.
He also served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Friends' School from 1989 to 1994, and was chairman of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Board from 1997 to 2006.
In 2001, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in recognition of his services to legal education, the arts and the administration of justice.
In June 2002 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
He was appointed to the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania on 2 December 2004.
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