Sir William Montagu MANNING (1811 - 1895)**
- Date of Birth: 20/06/1811
- Place of Birth: Alphington, Devon, England
- Date of Death: 27/03/1895
- Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 27 Feb 1851 | 29 Feb 1856 | 5yr(s) 3day(s)
| A Non-Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 – 1856 |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 9 Apr 1856 | 18 May 1857 | 1yr(s) 1mth(s) 10day(s)
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 3 Sep 1861 | 8 May 1876 | 14yr(s) 8mth(s) 6day(s)
| Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 24 June 1861 |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 8 Feb 1888 | 27 Feb 1895 | 7yr(s) 20day(s)
| Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 30 December 1887 |
| Member for Cumberland (South Riding) | 9 Apr 1856 | 6 Jun 1856 | 1mth(s) 29day(s)
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Member for Cumberland (South Riding) | 14 Oct 1856 | 18 May 1857 | 7mth(s) 5day(s)
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Attorney General | 6 Jun 1856 | 25 Aug 1856 | 2mth(s) 20day(s)
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| Attorney General | 3 Oct 1856 | 25 May 1857 | 7mth(s) 23day(s)
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| Attorney General | 21 Feb 1860 | 8 Mar 1860 | 17day(s)
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| Attorney General | 31 Oct 1868 | 15 Dec 1870 | 2yrs 1mth 15days
5th (1865 - 1869)
6th (1870 - 1872) | |
| Solicitor-General | 19 Nov 1849 | 5 Jun 1856 | 6yr(s) 6mth(s) 18day(s)
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| Sydney Bethel Union Bill Committee No.9 | 13 Aug 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 7mths 6days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Additional Ministerial Department Committee No.12 | 20 Aug 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 6mths 27days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
| Administration of Justice and Conduct of Official Business in Country Districts Committee No.20 | 11 Nov 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 4mths 8days
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| Australian General Assurance Company’s Bill Committee No.23 | 19 Nov 1856 | 18 Mar 1857 | 3mths 28days
1st (1856 - 1857) | |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (Barrister) and pastoralist. Educated at Tavistock, Southampton and University College in London. Worked for his uncle, Sergeant Manning and entered Lincolns Inn in 1827. Called to the Bar in 1832. Practised on Western Circuit. Arrived in Sydney on 31 August 1837 and was appointed as a magistrate and Chairman of Quarter Sessions. Solicitor General from 1844 until 1856. Acting Supreme Court Judge from 1848 until until 1849. Acquired real estate from 1837. Became a squatter in Lachlan district. Joined shipping ventures and and had interests in mineral lands. Fellow of Senate of University of Sydney from 1861 until 1895. Chancellor from 1878 until 1895. Founding President of New South Wales Rifle Association from 1860 until 1895. Vice President of Horticultural Society of New South Wales in 1870s. Lover of literature and music. Early member, trustee and later Vice President of Australia Club. Civil Service Club. Steward of Australian Jockey Club. Member of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Active in charitable institutions.
Honours Received
Appointed as a Queens Counsel in 1857. Knighted in 1858. Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1892.
Personal
Son of John Edye Manning, Supreme Court Registrar, and Matilda Cooke. Married (1) Emily Anne Wise on 16 August 1832 in Paris and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son. Married (2) Eliza Anne Sowerby on 7 June 1849 and had issue, 3 daughters and 1 son. Church of England.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5
NOTE: As at August 1998, the silver epergne given to W. M. Manning on his retirement on 23 May 1857 is on display in the Centenary Galleries of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia (No. 992 / L334). Lent by Mrs Philippa Pearson, Ohio USA, in 1997.
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1. Sir William Montagu Manning - papers, 1855 - 1894 (MLMSS 1107); photographs in the PICMAN Database. 2. William Montagu Manning - papers, 1791 - 1892, with papers of his family, 1791 - 1832 (MLMSS 246); photographs in the PICMAN Database. 3. Sir William Montagu Manning - correspondence, 1833 - ca. 1916, and associated material, 1872 - 1873. 4. Sir William Montagu - commission of appointment as judge of the Supreme Court, 1881 (MLDOC 1086).
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