Date of Birth: 26/02/1810
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 12/06/1880
Place of Death: Queensland, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Attorney General |
15 Nov 1858 |
21 Feb 1859 |
3 months 7 days |
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| Representative of Government |
19 Nov 1857 |
22 Feb 1859 |
1 year 3 months 4 days |
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| Solicitor General |
07 Sep 1857 |
14 Nov 1858 |
1 year 2 months 8 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
24 Sep 1856 |
22 Feb 1859 |
2 years 4 months 30 days |
First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 12 September 1856. |
| Solicitor General and Representative of Government |
12 Sep 1856 |
02 Oct 1856 |
21 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Charterhouse and Queens College, Oxford (BA 1832, MA 1835). Admitted to Middle Temple in 1831; from 1833 supplemented income by reporting parliamentary debates. Read law at Gray's Inn. Called to the Bar in 1840. Practised as a barrister and wrote law reports. Appointed as a Supreme Court Judge at Moreton Bay and held position until death. Acting Chief Justice from 1878 until 1879. Devout Anglican purchasing a site for a church in a village near his property. Churchwarden until 1880.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Eldest son of John Lutwyche, leather merchant, and Jemima Holt. Married Mary Anne Jane Morris on 2 June 1855 at Sydney. Church of England.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Volume 5
