William Walker papers, 1851-1902

MLMSS 501

fonds

1851 - 1902

446310

0.06 meters of textual material (1 box)

William Walker (1828-1908), solicitor and parliamentarian, was born at Glasgow, Scotland, son of George and Elizabeth Walker. His father, a school teacher, was recruited to come to Australia by J.D. Lang. The family arrived at Sydney in 1837 and opened a Presbyterian school at Windsor where William was educated. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1852 and practised in Windsor until his death in 1908. In 1853 he married Mary Cover Hassall (1828-1858) daughter of Jonathan Hassall (1798-1834), third son of Rowland and Elizabeth Hassall, and Mary, nee Rouse, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Rouse. Mary Cover Walker died in 1858 and in 1859 Walker married secondly Henrietta Medora, daughter of Robert Cooper of Sydney. In 1876 he married thirdly Jessy, daughter of Rev. William Wood. Walker was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seat of Windsor (1860-1869) and was appointed a member of the NSW Legislative Council (1888-1908). Walker was an alderman on the first Windsor Council (1871-1880) and was elected mayor in 1880.[ref:ADB 6]

Papers being mainly correspondence of William Walker. Correspondents include Mary Cover Hassall, W.S. Pawley, Hon. J. Kay, W.R. Piddington, Henry Kendall, F.W.W. Lackey, John Lackey, Geoffrey Eagar, Henry Parkes, 1851-1902

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