Date of Birth: 10/02/1858
Place of Birth: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 19/09/1916
Place of Death: London, England
Parliamentary Service
| Acting Premier |
04 Apr 1904 |
27 May 1904 |
1 month 24 days |
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| Acting Premier |
27 Feb 1904 |
25 Mar 1904 |
28 days |
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| Minister of Justice |
22 Jul 1901 |
14 Jun 1904 |
2 years 10 months 24 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
30 Oct 1900 |
10 Mar 1908 |
7 years 4 months 10 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 30 October 1900. Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life. |
| Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Goulburn Committee No.24 |
05 Oct 1900 |
05 Dec 1900 |
2 months 1 day |
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| Member for Ashfield |
26 Sep 1899 |
30 Oct 1900 |
1 year 1 month 5 days |
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| Attorney General |
14 Sep 1899 |
14 Jun 1904 |
4 years 9 months 1 day |
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| Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Act Further Amendment Bill Committee No.22 |
02 Dec 1898 |
06 Dec 1898 |
5 days |
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| Member for Ashfield |
27 Jul 1898 |
14 Sep 1899 |
1 year 1 month 19 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications No. 5 |
07 Aug 1894 |
05 Jul 1895 |
10 months 29 days |
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| Member for Sydney-Flinders |
17 Jul 1894 |
05 Jul 1895 |
11 months 19 days |
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| Operation of the Shipping Laws Committee No.6 |
23 Jan 1894 |
05 Jun 1894 |
4 months 14 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
28 Jul 1891 |
01 Apr 1892 |
8 months 5 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.5 |
16 Jul 1891 |
18 Aug 1892 |
1 year 1 month 3 days |
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| Member for South Sydney |
17 Jun 1891 |
25 Jun 1894 |
3 years 9 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
24 Oct 1888 |
27 Jan 1889 |
3 months 4 days |
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| Land resumed by the Government for Railway purposes at Bexley Committee No.34 |
16 Dec 1887 |
24 Jul 1888 |
7 months 9 days |
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| Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales Incorporation Bill Committee No.8 |
28 Sep 1887 |
18 Oct 1887 |
21 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
21 Sep 1887 |
24 Jul 1888 |
10 months 4 days |
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| Member for South Sydney |
04 Jun 1887 |
19 Jan 1889 |
1 year 7 months 16 days |
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| Attorney General |
27 May 1887 |
07 Feb 1888 |
8 months 12 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
15 Mar 1887 |
13 Jul 1887 |
3 months 29 days |
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| Member for South Sydney |
05 Feb 1887 |
31 May 1887 |
3 months 27 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
05 Feb 1887 |
30 Oct 1900 |
13 years 8 months 26 days |
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Political Party Activity
Freetrade.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Rugby School, London and Queens College in Oxford (BA 1881). Called to Bar at Middle Temple in 1883. Returned to New South Wales and was called to the Bar in 1883; practised, examiner in law and classics at the University of Sydney; Queens Counsel in 1898. After losing office teavelled overseas and returned to England. Seat in the Legislative Council was declared vacant through absence in 1908. Agent General for New South Wales from 1915 until 1916. As a young man in England was president of the Oxford Union in 1881 and President of the Athletic Club. Amateur mile champion of Great Britain. First president of the Amateur Athletic Association. In New South Wales helped to found the Prisoners Aid Association, was president from 1905 until 1906; trustee of National Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1889 until 1908; delegate to federal Convention from 1897 until 1898; member of editorial committee; chairman on Royal Commission on Broken Hill Mining Industry of 1914. Member of Australia Club. Author of many articles and pamphlets.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Edward Wise and Maria Smith. Married Lillian Margaret Baird in 1884 and had issue, 1 son.
Additional Information
J. A. Ryan, "Bernhard Ringrose Wise", Journal of the Royal Historical Society,
Volume 81, Part 1, June 1995, pp. 71 - 84
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1.
Bernard Ringrose Wise - papers, 1879 - 1915 (MLMSS 6107); photographs in the
PICMAN Database. 2. B.R Wise - papers, 1889 - 1900 (MLMSS 394 (cat). 3.
Bernhard Ringrose Wise - papers 1889 - 1904, 1914 (A2646). 4. Bernhard Ringrose
Wise - papers, 1874 - 1892 (MLMSS 1327). 5. Bernhard Ringrose Wise - scrapbook,
1885 - 1909 (MLMSS 2852)
