Sir James Martin papers, 1823-1894

MLMSS 240

fonds

1823-1894

422384

Microfilm : CY 1770 (MLMSS 240/1) ; CY 2535 (MLMSS 240/2-3)

3 volumes and 1 box of textual material

Sir James Martin (1820-1886), journalist, barrister, parliamentarian, Chief Justice and Premier, was born at Cork, Ireland, son of John and Mary Martin. The family arrived at Sydney in 1821 and lived at Parramatta where Martin was educated. He became a journalist on the Australian newspaper before being articled to solicitor G.R. Nichols. In 1838 he published a book of patriotic essays 'The Australian Sketchbook'. Martin was admitted as a solicitor in 1845 and established a successful practice in the police courts. He was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1856 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1857. Martin was an elected member of the old Legislative Council (1848-1956). He was elected member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seats of Cook and Westmoreland (1856-1859), East Sydney (1959-1860), Orange (1862-1863), The Tumut (1863-1864), Monaro (1864-1865), The Lachlan (1864-1869), East Sydney (1869-1872) and for East Macquarie (1872-1873). Martin was Attorney-General (1856, 1857-1858) and Premier and Attorney-General (1863-1865, 186-1868, 1870-1872). From 1873 to 1886 Martin was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW.[ref:ADB 5]

I. CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS, 1825-1894
1838-1886; Correspondence of Sir James Martin (Call No.: CY 1770 [MLMSS 240/1])
1825-1894; Correspondence of clients of Sir James Martin (Call No.: CY 2535 [MLMSS 240/2])
1838-1886; Miscellaneous accounts, 1840-1872; and autographs, 1838-1886 (Call No.: CY 2535 [MLMSS 240/2])
(Request Microfilm: CY 1770, frames 1-347)

II. LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND RELATED PAPERS, 1823-1884
1823-1875; Legal documents with notes and plans etc. (Call No.: CY 2535 [MLMSS 240/3])
1830-1884; Legal documents (Call No.: MLMSS 240/4)
(Request Microfilm: CY 2535, frames 1-191 & 192-389

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-448C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection was listed in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.

MLDOC 1226 transferred from MLMSS 240