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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 27 May 1873–30 June 1874, 16 January 1875–25 February 1879 (resigned)
Office
- Attorney-General (from December 1872) 27 May 1873–30 June 1874, 16 January 1875–25 February 1879
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Personal Information |
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16 July 1842 |
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Streatham (baptised Kennington), Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
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9 June 1907 |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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1872 to WA |
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Son of Richard, merchant, and Elizabeth |
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Married 1 April 1874, Parish Church, Albany to Elizabeth Mary Pittis (born circa 1854), daughter of Edward Arnold |
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Educated 1860–1863, St John’s College, Oxford, 1864, BA
1865 Vinerian Scholar
1867 BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law)
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Lawyer and attorney-general |
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Admitted to Bar as barrister, Inner Temple, and joined home circuit
Acting Chief Justice 1873–1874
Acting Chief Justice, Gibraltar 1879–1880
Attorney-General, Jamaica, Executive Councillor 1880–1896 |
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Kt (1895) |
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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. 15
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
J Forster, Men of the Bar (London 1885)
Russell, Enid, A history of the law in Western Australia and its development from 1829 to 1979, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, p. 218 (portrait)
Who Was Who (1897–1915) |
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