Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solicitor General and Representative of Government | Fri 03 February 1865 | Wed 21 June 1865 | 4 months 19 days | |
| Solicitor General and Representative of Government | Sat 01 August 1863 | Thu 15 October 1863 | 2 months 15 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Tue 03 September 1861 | Fri 23 June 1865 | 3 years 9 months 21 days | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 24 June 1865. |
| Representative of Government | Thu 10 January 1861 | Thu 28 March 1861 | 2 months 19 days | |
| Attorney General and Representative of Government | Mon 02 April 1860 | Fri 31 July 1863 | 3 years 3 months 30 days | |
| Solicitor General | Thu 03 November 1859 | Thu 08 March 1860 | 4 months 6 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Wed 12 October 1859 | Mon 13 May 1861 | 1 year 7 months 2 days | First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 10 October 1859 |
| Representative of Government | Wed 12 October 1859 | Wed 26 October 1859 | 15 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.4 | Fri 02 September 1859 | Wed 04 July 1860 | 10 months 3 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Thu 01 September 1859 | Wed 04 July 1860 | 10 months 4 days | |
| Member for Illawarra | Wed 15 June 1859 | Tue 11 October 1859 | 3 months 27 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Tue 15 March 1859 | Tue 11 October 1859 | 6 months 27 days | |
| Member for East Camden | Tue 15 March 1859 | Mon 11 April 1859 | 28 days | |
| Solicitor General | Mon 21 February 1859 | Wed 26 October 1859 | 8 months 6 days | |
| Burwood Tramroad Continuation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.14 | Tue 03 November 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 1 month 16 days | |
| Australian Agricultural Company’s Newcastle Railway Bill Committee No.12 | Fri 30 October 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 1 month 19 days | |
| Late Shipwrecks, Port Jackson Committee No.11 | Fri 30 October 1857 | Fri 18 December 1857 | 1 month 19 days |
Biography
Honours Received
Queens Counsel (QC) in 1863
Personal information
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.
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.
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.