Mr Peter FAUCETT (1813 - 1894)**

Date of Birth: 01/01/1813 Place of Birth: Dublin, Australia Date of Death: 22/05/1894 Place of Death: Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 7 Apr 1856 24 Oct 1865 9yr(s) 6mth(s) 18day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Council 18 Apr 1888 22 May 1894 6yr(s) 1mth(s) 5day(s) Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 9 April 1888. Member for King and Georgiana 7 Apr 1856 19 Dec 1857 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 13day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for King and Georgiana 1 Feb 1858 11 Apr 1859 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 11day(s) 2nd (1858 - 1859) Member for East Sydney 20 Jan 1860 10 Nov 1860 9mth(s) 22day(s) 3rd (1859 - 1860) Member for Yass Plains 15 Aug 1861 16 Oct 1863 2yr(s) 2mth(s) 2day(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Member for Yass Plains 2 Nov 1861 10 Nov 1864 3yr(s) 9day(s) 4th (1860 - 1864) Member for Yass Plains 20 Dec 1864 24 Oct 1865 10mth(s) 5day(s) 5th (1865 - 1869) Solicitor General 16 Oct 1863 2 Feb 1865 1yr(s) 3mth(s) 18day(s) Governor General's Opening Speech 23 May 1856 23 May 1856 1day 1st (1856 - 1857) Appointed by Speaker’s Warrant 28 May 1856 18 Mar 1857 9mths 19days 1st (1856 - 1857) Masters’ and Servants’ Acts Continuation Bill Committee No.8 13 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 6days 1st (1856 - 1857) Electric Telegraph Committee No.14 31 Oct 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 16days 1st (1856 - 1857) Deepening the River Hunter Committee No.16 4 Nov 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 15days 1st (1856 - 1857) St John’s College Bill Committee No.6 26 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 3mths 23days 1st (1856 - 1857) Secondary Punishment Committee No.8 27 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 3mths 22days 1st (1856 - 1857) Seizure of Gold Dust on board the “Ethereal” Committee No.18 4 Dec 1857 18 Dec 1857 15days 1st (1856 - 1857) Standing Orders Committee No.2 25 Mar 1858 26 Nov 1858 8mths 2days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Irish Female Immigrants (Petition from Celtic Association) Committee No.20 28 May 1858 26 Nov 1858 5mths 30days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Seizure of Gold on board the ‘Ethereal’ and ‘May Nicholson’ Committee No.21 15 Jun 1858 26 Nov 1858 5mths 12days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Landed Property in cases of Intestacy Descent Bill Committee No.25 2 Jul 1858 26 Nov 1858 4mths 25days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Railway Services of Thomas Woore Esq. Committee No.24 2 Jul 1858 26 Nov 1858 4mths 25days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Library Committee No.3 10 Dec 1858 9 Apr 1859 4mths 2nd (1858 - 1859) Standing Orders Committee No.2 10 Dec 1858 9 Apr 1859 4mths 2nd (1858 - 1859) Irish Female Immigrants Committee No.4 15 Dec 1858 9 Apr 1859 3mths 26days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Vacant Seat – Question of Privilege Committee No.9 3 Mar 1859 9 Apr 1859 1mth 7days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Dean of St Andrew’s Sydney Committee No.36 17 Feb 1860 4 Jul 1860 4mths 18days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Maitland Pasturage Reserve Committee No.34 16 Apr 1860 4 Jul 1860 2mths 19days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Town Hall Site Exchange Bill Committee No.42 4 May 1860 4 Jul 1860 2mths 1day 3rd (1859 - 1860) Chairman Colonial Bank of Australia Incorporation Bill Committee No.13 19 Oct 1860 9 Nov 1860 22days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Library Committee No.3 4 Sep 1861 20 Jan 1862 4mths 17days 4th (1860 - 1864) Dr F.Beer Committee No.15 22 Oct 1861 20 Jan 1862 2mths 30days 4th (1860 - 1864) Railway Obstruction to Gaol and Court House Reserve in the Town of Maitland Committee No.16 25 Oct 1861 20 Jan 1862 2mths 27days 4th (1860 - 1864) Mr Francis Flanagan Committee No.21 10 Dec 1861 20 Jan 1862 1mth 11days 4th (1860 - 1864) Library Committee No.3 28 May 1862 1 Aug 1862 2mths 5days 4th (1860 - 1864) Standing Orders Committee No.2 28 May 1862 20 Dec 1862 6mths 23days 4th (1860 - 1864) Land Titles Declaration Bill Committee No.8 11 Jun 1862 20 Dec 1862 6mths 10days 4th (1860 - 1864) Mr Andrew Lenehan Committee No.15 22 Jul 1862 3 Dec 1862 4mths 12days 4th (1860 - 1864) Chairman Newcastle Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.21 5 Aug 1862 29 Aug 1862 25days 4th (1860 - 1864) Mr Francis Flanagan Committee No.20 5 Aug 1862 4 Nov 1862 3mths 4th (1860 - 1864) Mount Pleasant Tramroad Bill Committee No.36 7 Oct 1862 17 Oct 1862 11days 4th (1860 - 1864) Chairman Library Committee No.3 24 Jun 1863 31 Mar 1864 9mths 8days 4th (1860 - 1864) Mortgage on the property of the Scots Church, Sydney – Claims of Dr Lang Committee No.23 15 Sep 1863 22 Apr 1864 7mths 8days 4th (1860 - 1864) Library Committee No.3 19 Oct 1864 9 Nov 1864 22days 4th (1860 - 1864) St Patrick’s Church Land Trust Bill Committee No.3 8 Mar 1865 14 Mar 1865 7days 5th (1865 - 1869) Library Committee No.5 8 Mar 1865 21 Jun 1865 3mths 14days 5th (1865 - 1869) Mortgage on the Property of the Scots Church, Sydney Committee No.18 16 May 1865 7 Jun 1865 23days 5th (1865 - 1869) Mrs Callaghan Committee No.19 19 May 1865 15 Jun 1865 28days 5th (1865 - 1869) Chairman

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at a private church school and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A 1840). Studied Law and was called to the Irish bar in 1845. Practised in Ireland. Arrived in Sydney 1852. Practised as a Barrister and Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1865 - 1888. Fellow of the Senate of University of Sydney 1859 - 1894. Member of the Faculty of Law on Womens College Council 1891 - 1892. A founder of St John's RC College 1858 and fellow on its Council until 1863. A founder of St Vincents Hospital Sydney. Estate valued at £27,314.

Personal

Son of Peter, blacksmith, and Catherine Cook. Married Frances Clements on 21 January 1862 and had issue, 1 daughter.

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