• Title
  Sir William Westbrooke Burton - papers, 1834-1861
• Creator
  William Westbrooke Burton, Sir, 1794-1888
• Call number
  Ab 37
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1834 - 1861
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Ephemera
• Reference code
  442428
• Physical Description
  1 envelope
  Textual Records
  Ephemera - (printed)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Westbrooke Burton (1794-1888), judge and parliamentarian, was born in England, son of Edmund and Elizabeth Burton. He was educated in England and after service in the Royal Navy was called to the English Bar at Inner Temple in 1824. He travelled to Cape Town in 1827 and in 1832 was appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW by Governor Bourke. Burton took leave in 1839 and returned to England. Prominent residents of the colony raised a subscription of twelve hundred pounds in order to establish a scholarship for sons of clergymen in Burton's name; this was the origin of the Burton Scholarship at The King's School, Parramatta. Burton returned to Sydney in 1841 and left again in 1844 to become puisne judge at Madras. He returned to Sydney in 1857. In August 1857 Burton was appointed to the NSW Legislative Council. He was elected president of the Legislative Council in 1858 and resigned in 1861 after the Robertson government attempted to 'swamp' the parliament with new members in order to pass the Robertson land legislation. Burton left Sydney in 1861 and returned to England where he remained until his death.
• Scope and Content
  21 Oct.1861; Autograph letter sent by the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies (1852-1854; 1859-1864), to Sir John Young concerning William Westbrooke Burton's resignation from the NSW Legislative Council (Call No.: AB 37/1)
  Mar.1839; Printed address of appreciation to William Westbrooke Burton on his temporary retirement from the colony (Call No.: Ab 37/2)
  1839; Printed notice of the establishment of the 'Burton Scholarship', including list of subscribers (Call No.: Ab 37/3)
  11 Feb 1834; Autograph letter sent by William Westbrooke Burton to Edward Deas Thomson concerning draft regulations for assignment of convict, along with ts. transcription (Call No.: Ab 37/4-5)
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription of letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Sir John Young, 21 Oct. 1861: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a770.html
• General note
  
  This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824164
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Newcastle, Henry Pelham, Duke of, 1811-1864
  
• Name
  New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
  Thomson, E. Deas (Edward Deas), 1800-1879
  
• Subject
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  Judges--New South Wales.
  Politicians--New South Wales--19th century.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3317747

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