Mr John Fletcher HARGRAVE (1815 - 1885)

Date of Birth: 28/12/1815
Place of Birth: Greenwich, England
Date of Death: 23/02/1885
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	15 Mar 1859	11 Oct 1859	6mth(s) 27day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	12 Oct 1859	13 May 1861	1yr(s) 7mth(s) 2day(s)		First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 10 October 1859
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	3 Sep 1861	23 Jun 1865	3yr(s) 9mth(s) 21day(s)		Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 24 June 1865.
Member for East Camden	15 Mar 1859	11 Apr 1859	28day(s)	2nd (1858 - 1859)
Member for Illawarra	15 Jun 1859	11 Oct 1859	3mth(s) 27day(s)	3rd (1859 - 1860)
Solicitor General	21 Feb 1859	26 Oct 1859	8mth(s) 6day(s)
Solicitor General	3 Nov 1859	8 Mar 1860	4mth(s) 6day(s)
Attorney General and Representative of Government	2 Apr 1860	31 Jul 1863	3yr(s) 3mth(s) 30day(s)
Solicitor General and Representative of Government	1 Aug 1863	15 Oct 1863	2mth(s) 15day(s)
Solicitor General and Representative of Government	3 Feb 1865	21 Jun 1865	4mth(s) 19day(s)
Representative of Government	12 Oct 1859	26 Oct 1859	15day(s)
Representative of Government	10 Jan 1861	28 Mar 1861	2mth(s) 19day(s)
Australian Agricultural Company’s Newcastle Railway Bill Committee No.12	30 Oct 1857	18 Dec 1857	1mth 19days	1st (1856 - 1857)
Late Shipwrecks, Port Jackson Committee No.11	30 Oct 1857	18 Dec 1857	1mth 19days	1st (1856 - 1857)
Burwood Tramroad Continuation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.14	3 Nov 1857	18 Dec 1857	1mth 16days	1st (1856 - 1857)
Standing Orders Committee No.2	1 Sep 1859	4 Jul 1860	10mths 4days	3rd (1859 - 1860)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.4	2 Sep 1859	4 Jul 1860	10mths 3days	3rd (1859 - 1860)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (solicitor). Educated privately, then at Kings College, London from 1830, and Trinity College at Cambridge (B.A 1837, M.A 1840). Enrolled at Lincolns Inn in 1836. called to the Bar in 1841, practised in Chancery for 10 years. Inherited a legacy from father in 1851, retired from Bar. Arrived in Sydney with family in February 1857, admitted to Bar and became a Reader in General Jurisprudence. University of Sydney 1858 - 1865; Foundation Judge of District Court 1858; resigned in February 1858 to enter the Legislative Assembly and become Solicitor General. Became a Queens Counsel in 1863. Appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 22 June 1865; primary Judge in equity; from 1873 first Judge in divorce; retired in 1881.

Honours Received

Queens Counsel (QC) in 1863

Personal

Son of Joshua Hargrave and Sarah Lee. Married his cousin Ann Hargrave on 20 September 1843 and had issue, 1 daughter and 3 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

H. T. E. Holt, 'A Court Rises: The Lives and Times of the Judges of the District Court of New South Wales (1859 - 1959)', Sydney, the Law Foundation of New South Wales, 1976. Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: John Fletcher Hargrave - papers, 1831 - 1880 (MLMSS 976); photographs in the PICMAN Database.

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