Sir Frederick Matthew Darley papers, 1864-1905

MLMSS 2157

fonds

1864-1905

422659

1 box of textual material

Sir Frederick Darley, 1830-1910, born in Dublin, arrived in Sydney in 1862 and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in that year. A member of the Legislative Council from 1868-1886, he became Chief Justice in 1886. He was knighted in 1887 and became a Privy Councillor in 1905

Item 1
a.1875-1905; Papers, being mainly manuscript letters received and printed papers. Correspondents include Sir Edward Deas Thomson, G.H. Reid and T.A. Browne.

Item 2
b. Photocopies of papers, being mainly letters received 1875-1905

Item 3
c. Photocopies of letters received 1864-1878; from his father, Henry Darley, with letter from his mother, Maria Louisa Darley

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (66-455 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.

Part of the collection comprises photocopies of documents loaned for copying by Mrs. A.H.H. MacDonald in 1971.