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Sir William Charles WINDEYER (1834 - 1897)

  • Date of Birth: 29/09/1834
  • Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England
  • Date of Death: 12/09/1897
  • Place of Death: Bologna, Italy

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly29 Jun 185922 Dec 18623yrs 5mths 24days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly17 Jan 18663 Feb 18726yrs 18days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly8 Sep 187610 Aug 18792yrs 11mths 3days
Member for Lower Hunter29 Jun 185910 Nov 18601yr(s) 4mth(s) 13day(s)3rd (1859 - 1860)
Member for West Sydney12 Dec 186022 Dec 18622yr(s) 11day(s)4th (1860 - 1864)
Member for West Sydney17 Jan 186615 Nov 18693yr(s) 9mth(s) 30day(s)5th (1865 - 1869)
Member for West Sydney9 Dec 186920 Dec 18701yr(s) 12day(s)6th (1870 - 1872)
Member for West Sydney30 Dec 18703 Feb 18721yr(s) 1mth(s) 5day(s)6th (1870 - 1872)
Member for University of Sydney8 Sep 187622 Mar 18776mth(s) 15day(s)8th (1875 - 1877)
Member for University of Sydney28 Mar 187712 Oct 18776mth(s) 15day(s)8th (1875 - 1877)
Member for University of Sydney5 Nov 187720 Dec 18781yr(s) 1mth(s) 16day(s)9th (1877 - 1880)
Member for University of Sydney28 Dec 187810 Aug 18797mth(s) 14day(s)9th (1877 - 1880)
Solicitor General16 Dec 187013 May 18721yr(s) 4mth(s) 28day(s)
Attorney General22 Mar 187716 Aug 18774mth(s) 26day(s)
Attorney General21 Dec 187810 Aug 18797mth(s) 21day(s)
University of Sydney Committee No.513 Sep 18594 Jul 18609mths 22days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Sydney Grammar School Committee No.613 Sep 18594 Jul 18609mths 22days3rd (1859 - 1860)Chairman
Alluvial Lands of the Hunter Committee No.1016 Sep 18594 Jul 18609mths 19days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Condition of the Working Classes of the Metropolis Committee No.1930 Sep 18594 Jul 18609mths 5days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Port of Newcastle Committee No.2914 Dec 18594 Jul 18606mths 21days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Shoalhaven Municipality – (Petition of Alex Berry, Esquire) Committee No.517 Jan 18604 Jul 18605mths 18days4th (1860 - 1864)
Federation of the Australian Colonies Committee No.383 Apr 18604 Jul 18603mths 2days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Federation of the Australian Colonies Committee No.528 Sep 18609 Nov 18601mth 13days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Present System of Tendering for the Public Service Committee No.1116 Oct 18609 Nov 186025days3rd (1859 - 1860)Chairman
Colonial Bank of Australia Incorporation Bill Committee No.1319 Oct 18609 Nov 186022days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Public Prisons in Sydney and Cumberland Committee No.1423 Oct 18609 Nov 186018days3rd (1859 - 1860)
Library Committee No.315 Jan 186111 May 18613mths 27days4th (1860 - 1864)
Public Prisons in Sydney and Cumberland Committee No.823 Jan 186111 May 18613mths 19days4th (1860 - 1864)
Seamen Committee No.1429 Jan 186111 May 18613mths 13days4th (1860 - 1864)
Present System of Tendering for the Public Service Committee No.1029 Jan 186111 May 18613mths 13days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman
Wilson’s Settlement Investment Bill Committee No.1229 Jan 186111 May 18613mths 13days4th (1860 - 1864)
Working of the Insolvent Law Committee No.1612 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 30days4th (1860 - 1864)
Unpaid Magistracy Committee No.1712 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 30days4th (1860 - 1864)
Mackenzie’s Marriage Settlement Trustees Bill Committee No.2319 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 23days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman
State and Management of the Sydney Domain Committee No.2019 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 23days4th (1860 - 1864)
Hosking’s Trust Bill Committee No.2219 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 23days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman
Mackenzie’s Marriage Settlement Trustees Bill Committee No.2319 Feb 186111 May 18612mths 23days4th (1860 - 1864)
Privilege Committee No.294 Apr 186111 May 18611mth 8days4th (1860 - 1864)
Library Committee No.34 Sep 186120 Jan 18624mths 17days4th (1860 - 1864)
Standing Orders Committee No.24 Sep 186120 Jan 18624mths 17days4th (1860 - 1864)
Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company’s Bill Committee No.123 Oct 186120 Jan 18623mths 18days4th (1860 - 1864)Chairman, appointed 9 October 1861
Mr A.E Bush Committee No.138 Oct 186120 Jan 18623mths 13days4th (1860 - 1864)
Pyrmont Bridge Company’s Supplementary Bill Committee No.1418 Oct 186120 Jan 18623mths 3days4th (1860 - 1864)
Standing Orders Committee No.228 May 186228 May 18621day4th (1860 - 1864)
Address of Condolence to Her Majesty Committee No.428 May 18623 Jun 18627days4th (1860 - 1864)
Library Committee No.328 May 18621 Aug 18622mths 5days4th (1860 - 1864)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.610 Jun 18622 Sep 18622mths 24days4th (1860 - 1864)
Land Titles Declaration Bill Committee No.811 Jun 186220 Dec 18626mths 10days4th (1860 - 1864)
Management of the Central Police Office Committee No.138 Jul 186212 Dec 18625mths 5days4th (1860 - 1864)
Mr Andrew Lenehan Committee No.1522 Jul 18623 Dec 18624mths 12days4th (1860 - 1864)
Mr Charles Phillips Lawrence Committee No.195 Aug 186229 Oct 18622mths 25days4th (1860 - 1864)
Gibson’s Estate Bill Committee No.272 Sep 18624 Sep 18623days4th (1860 - 1864)
Co-operative Coal Mining Company’s Bill Committee No.3116 Sep 186224 Sep 18629days4th (1860 - 1864)
Library Committee No.225 Oct 18657 Apr 18665mths 14days5th (1865 - 1869)
Present State of the Colony Committee No.77 Nov 186528 Mar 18655th (1865 - 1869)
Library Committee No.225 Jul 186618 Mar 18677mths 22days5th (1865 - 1869)
Sydney Common Improvement Bill Committee No.236 Dec 186613 Dec 18668days5th (1865 - 1869)
Sydney Common Improvement Bill Committee No.236 Dec 186613 Dec 18668days5th (1865 - 1869)
Library Committee No.23 Jul 186727 Apr 18689mths 25days5th (1865 - 1869)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.213 Oct 18681 Apr 18695mths 20days5th (1865 - 1869)
Library Committee No.315 Dec 18683 Feb 18691mth 20days5th (1865 - 1869)
Sydney Boundaries Amendment Bill Committee No:1512 Feb 186916 Mar 18691mth 5days5th (1865 - 1869)
Law relating to Lunacy Committee No.204 Mar 186924 Mar 186921days5th (1865 - 1869)
Library Committee No.229 Sep 186913 Nov 18691mth 16days5th (1865 - 1869)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.65 Oct 186913 Nov 18691mth 9days5th (1865 - 1869)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.72 Feb 18709 Mar 18701mth 8days6th (1870 - 1872)
Library Committee No.22 Feb 18707 May 18703mths 6days6th (1870 - 1872)
Standing Orders Committee No.312 Aug 187022 Mar 18717mths 11days6th (1870 - 1872)
Library Committee No.212 Aug 187022 Jun 187110mths 11days6th (1870 - 1872)
Government Printing Office Committee No.913 Sep 18704 May 18717mths 22days6th (1870 - 1872)
Camperdown Cemetery Trust Bill Committee No.1721 Feb 18712 Mar 187110days6th (1870 - 1872)Chairman
Standing Orders Committee No.315 Nov 18711 Feb 18722mths 18days6th (1870 - 1872)
Library Committee No.215 Nov 18711 Feb 18722mths 18days6th (1870 - 1872)
The Civil Service Committee No.621 Nov 18711 Feb 18722mths 12days6th (1870 - 1872)
Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.98 Dec 18711 Feb 18721mth 25days6th (1870 - 1872)
Refreshment Room No.414 Dec 187611 Oct 18779mths 28days8th (1875 - 1877)
The Bible Society’s Bill Committee No.831 Jan 18787 Feb 18788days9th (1877 - 1880)
Mr John Garsed Committee No.105 Feb 187816 May 18783mths 12days9th (1877 - 1880)
Library Committee No.211 Sep 187824 Jul 187910mths 14days9th (1877 - 1880)
Redmond’s Estate Bill Committee No.118 Oct 18781 Nov 187825days9th (1877 - 1880)Chairman

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Father died insolvent in 1847. Educated at W.T Cape's Eldred House Private School and in 1850 until 1852 The King's School; attended the University of Sydney on a scholarship (BA 1856, MA 1859). Read Law in Chambers of E.Broadhurst; admitted to Bar in 1857; law reporter; Crown Prosecutor in 1859; practised at Bar puisne judge; Supreme Court from 1879 until 1896. Director of Hunter River Steam Navigation Company. Trustee of Sydney Grammar School from 1860's and of Free Public Library 1884 until 1886., 1888 until 1897. Member of Board of Technical Education from 1883 until 1886; taught Latin and Greek in 1860s at Sydney Mechanics School of the Arts. Esquire Bedell at University of Sydney from 1855 until 1865, member of Senate from 1866 until 1897, vice chancellor from 1883 until 1886, chancellor from 1895 until 1896; examiner in law. Championed womens rights. Sponsored as a private member in 1879 Married Women's Property Act; founding chairman of the Women's College at University of Sydney. Founding president of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. In 1870s was vice president of City Night refuge and Soup Kitchen. Commissioner of Philadelphia International Exhibition. President in 1873 of the Royal Commission in public charities. Active in volunteer defence movement. Captain in 1860, Major in 1868. Crack shot representing New South Wales against Victoria in 1862. Early political career was fostered by Sir Henry Parkes.


Honours Received

Honorary Doctorate of Letters LLD at Cambridge in 1887. Knighted in 1891.


Personal

Son of Richard Windeyer, barrister and journalist, and Maria Camfield. Married Mary Elizabeth Bolton on 31 December 1857 at Hexham and had issue, 5 daughters and 3 sons.


Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1. Windeyer family - papers, 1829 - 1943 (MLMSS 186); photographs in the PICMAN Database. 2. Windeyer family - papers, 1827 - 1928 (A1400, *D30, *D159) 3. William Charles Windeyer - Commission of appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court, 1881 (MLDOC 3163)



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