Sir John Bayley DARVALL (1809 - 1883)**

Date of Birth: 19/11/1809 Place of Birth: Felixkirk, Yorkshire, England Date of Death: 28/12/1883 Place of Death: London, England

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Council 24 Jul 1844 20 Jun 1848 3yr(s) 10mth(s) 28day(s) A Non-Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 – 1856 Member of the NSW Legislative Council 1 Jul 1848 30 Jun 1851 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 30day(s) An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the County of Bathurst Member of the NSW Legislative Council 1 Sep 1851 29 Feb 1856 4yr(s) 5mth(s) 29day(s) An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for County of Cumberland Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 4 Apr 1856 26 Nov 1857 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 23day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 25 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Council 3 Sep 1861 17 Jun 1863 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 15day(s) Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 24 June 1861. Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 18 Jun 1863 22 Jun 1865 2yr(s) 5day(s) Member for Cumberland (North Riding) 4 Apr 1856 6 Jun 1856 2mth(s) 3day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for Cumberland (North Riding) 16 Jun 1856 3 Oct 1856 3mth(s) 18day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for Cumberland (North Riding) 16 Oct 1856 26 Nov 1857 1yr(s) 1mth(s) 11day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for Hawkesbury 25 Jun 1859 10 Nov 1860 1yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s) 3rd (1859 - 1860) Member for East Maitland 18 Jun 1863 31 Jul 1863 1mth(s) 14day(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Member for East Maitland 11 Aug 1863 10 Nov 1864 1yr(s) 3mth(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Member for West Sydney 24 Nov 1864 3 Feb 1865 2mth(s) 11day(s) 5th (1865 - 1869) Member for West Sydney 18 Feb 1865 22 Jun 1865 4mth(s) 5day(s) 5th (1865 - 1869) Solicitor General 6 Jun 1856 25 Aug 1856 2mth(s) 20day(s) Solicitor General 3 Oct 1856 23 May 1857 7mths 21days Attorney General 26 May 1857 7 Sep 1857 3mth(s) 13day(s) Attorney General 1 Aug 1863 15 Oct 1863 2mth(s) 15day(s) Attorney General 3 Feb 1865 20 Jun 1865 4mth(s) 18day(s) Masters’ and Servants’ Acts Continuation Bill Committee No.8 13 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 6days 1st (1856 - 1857) Governor General’s Opening Speech 11 Aug 1857 11 Aug 1857 1day 1st (1856 - 1857) Standing Order Committee 12 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 4mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Standing Orders Committee No.2 1 Sep 1859 4 Jul 1860 10mths 4days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Petition of Alexander Berry, Esquire, Committee No.30 3 Feb 1860 4 Jul 1860 5mths 2days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Hawkesbury Benevolent Society’s Act Amendment Bill Committee No.35 16 Feb 1860 4 Jul 1860 4mths 19days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Dean of St Andrew’s Sydney Committee No.36 17 Feb 1860 4 Jul 1860 4mths 18days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Federation of the Australian Colonies Committee No.38 3 Apr 1860 4 Jul 1860 3mths 2days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Standing Orders Committee No.2 27 Sep 1860 9 Nov 1860 1mth 14days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Federation of the Australian Colonies Committee No.5 28 Sep 1860 9 Nov 1860 1mth 13days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Petition of Mr Alexander Berry Committee No.9 12 Oct 1860 9 Nov 1860 29days 3rd (1859 - 1860) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 23 Jun 1863 23 Jun 1863 1day 4th (1860 - 1864) Payments made out of Public Funds without Authority of Parliament Committee No.4 26 Jun 1863 18 Aug 1863 1mth 24days 4th (1860 - 1864) Fisheries Bill Committee No.9 24 Mar 1865 3 May 1865 1mth 10days 5th (1865 - 1869)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts 1833 and Master of Arts 1837). Admitted to Middle Temple 1833. Articled to uncle Sir John Bayley and later marshall to Lord Bayley. Called to the Bar in 1838. Arrived in Sydney in August 1839. Admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1839 and established a practice. Declined judgeship in Victoria in 1851 and became a Queens Counsel in 1853. Associated with pastoral and commercial interests soon after arrival. Director of Sydney Banking Company, Australian Banking Company. Was involved with other companies which collapsed in early 1840's depression. Founding Director of Australian Joint Stock Bank. Member of Sydney Chamber of Commerce. Member of the first Senate of Sydney University 1850 - 1868. Trustee Australian Club. A 'patrician' liberal in the early 1850's. Opposed Constitution Bill in 1853. Joined conservative Constitutional Association in 1860. Returned to Britain in 1865. Left an estate of £60,000 in England and £20,000 in New South Wales.

Honours Received

Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1869, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1877.

Personal

Son of Major Edward and his wife Emily Johnson. Married Elizabeth Flora Shapland on on 27 September 1837 and they had 4 sons and 3 daughters. Church of England. Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson, the poet and journalist, was the grandson of his sister, Emily May Darvall Barton.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4 Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Sir John Bayley Darvall - papers, 1823 - 1869 (MLMSS A5436

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