Background
He was born in Cairns to mill manager Bernard Rocks Riley and Isabelle Marion murphy.
politician barrister Master of Arts
He was born in Cairns to mill manager Bernard Rocks Riley and Isabelle Marion murphy.
He was educated at The King"s School in Parramatta and then attended Oxford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and a Master of Arts in 1951.
Called to the bar at Gray"s Inn in 1935 and in New South Wales in 1936, he worked as a barrister. In 1960 he was appointed Queen"s Counsel. In 1977 he was appointed to the Federal Court, but he died in Sydney the following year.
From 1968 to 1973 he was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He resigned in 1973 to become a judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy.