Sir James Martin papers, 1873-1880

DLMSQ 650

fonds

1873 - 1880

446471

1 folder of textual material (34 p.) - 44 cm.

Sir James Martin, 1820-1886, politician and chief justice, arrived in Sydney in 1821. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1845 and won a seat on the Legislative Council in 1848. Martin was an active member on the committee to draw up the constitution for New South Wales in 1852 and later became attorney-general in Cowper's government. He was appointed chief justice in November 1873. Martin served as President of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commission, 1877, and as President of the New South Wales Commission for the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880

1873-1880; Papers include: memorial to Sir James Martin from the Justices of the Peace of the Police District of Bathurst on the occasion of his holding his frist circuit court at Bathurst as Chief Justice of the Colony, 1873; correspondence with E.G.W. Palmer and Charles Robinson, July-Aug. 1877; letters received from Charles Ernest Hotham, Jan-Feb. 1880; letter received from John Hay, Jan. 1880 (Call No.: DLMSQ 650)

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

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