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Electorates
- Official Nominated MLC 22 November 1870–December 1872
Office
- Attorney General (from 4 November 1870)
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1825–1830 |
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Jamaica |
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9 April 1875 |
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On board ship returning to Belize, British Honduras |
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November 1870 to WA on Hastings |
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Son of John Laurence, landowner |
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Married Mary Ann
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Attended Middle Temple 1847–1850, Bar 1850
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Lawyer |
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Acting Chief Justice British Honduras at intervals 1858–1862, 1868–1869
Acting Attorney-General 1863–1864
Chief Justice British Honduras 1872–1875 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 23.
Colonial Office list and records, 1875.
R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume IV.
Inquirer, 1 September 1875.
E Russell, A history of the law in Western Australia and its development from 1829 to 1979, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, p. 218–219 (portrait) |
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