Want family papers, 1840-1850

MLMSS 8679

fonds

1 June 1840-18 December 1850

992019

0.02 metres of textual material - manuscript

Randolph John Want (1811-1869), solicitor, was born in London, eldest son of John Want, surgeon and co-editor of The Medical and Physical Journal, and his wife Mary, née Nott. He arrived in Sydney on 8 May 1829 in the Swiftsure and received a grant in the County of Camden. He became secretary of the Sydney Law Library Society which developed as a forum for professional discussion. Want was a member of the Australian Philosophical Society, the Australasian Botanical and Horticultural Society and an elective trustee of the Australian Museum. Interested in mining and mining law, he was a pioneer of shale-mining and in the 1860s was chairman of the Ophir Copper Mining Co., the Moruya Silver Mining Co. and the Hartley Kerosene Oil and Paraffin Co., and solicitor for the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney and the Peak Downs Copper Mining Co. Want died on 28 June 1869 and was buried in Ashfield cemetery. He was survived by his wife Harriette, née Lister, and by five sons and four daughters. His son John Henry Q.C., was attorney-general of New South Wales in 1885, 1886-87 and 1894-99.

Reference:
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/want-randolph-john-4797 (accessed 30 August 2012)

Contains:
(i) Last will and testament of John Want, the Elder, 18 December 1850;
(ii) Power of Attorney given by Samuel Lyons to John Want, 23 August 1844;
(iii) Power of Attorney given by Clark Irving to John Want, 9 April 1845;
(iv) Article of Clerkship for John Armand Cladan Want to clerk for Randolph John Want, 1 June 1840.

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Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
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