Date of Birth: 01/01/1815
Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England
Date of Death: 16/07/1884
Place of Death: East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for East Maitland |
18 Jun 1859 |
31 Aug 1859 |
2 months 14 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
18 Jun 1859 |
31 Aug 1859 |
2 months 14 days |
Appointed as Crown Prosecutor 31 August 1859 |
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Admitted as a Solicitor in New South Wales in 1842. Was a solicitor when elected to the Legislative Assembly. Lived at Maitland and East Maitland. Resigned as a member of the Legislative Assembly when he became the Crown Prosecutor for the Western District in 1859. By 1862, was practising as a solicitor in East Maitland. Poor health caused him to give up his practice in his final years.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of a lawyer. Married (1) Mary Jane Way on 25 November 1843 at Maitland, New South Wales. Married (2) Mary Kelly, a widow, on 13 October 1873 at East Maitland. Protestant weddings and Roman Catholic funeral.
Additional Information
References:
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 1884, p7;
Ford's Australian Almanac, 1853, p89;
Letterbrooks of Joseph Chambers, 1862 -68 (Mss 2464, ML);
The Biographical Register and other material in the offices of the Australian
Dictionary of Biography.
