Hartley Williams

This article is about the Victorian judge. For his contemporary, the Anglican priest in South Australia, see Hartley Williams (clergyman).

His Honour Sir Hartley Williams (15 October 1843 – 12 July 1929), was a Supreme Court of Victoria judge.[1]

Williams was born in Collingwood, Victoria, the second son of Sir Edward Williams[2] and his wife Jessie, Lady Williams, née Gibbon.[1] He was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1866.[2] He entered as a student at the Inner Temple in January 1863, and was called to the Bar in April 1867. In the same year he returned to Victoria and was admitted a barrister of the Supreme Court of that colony in April 1868. He very quickly took a leading position as a common law pleader, and twice unsuccessfully contested St. Kilda for a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1874. Subsequent to this he took no part in politics, but was raised to the Bench of the Supreme Court in July 1881.[2]

Williams retired in May 1903 and left the next month for England; he died in London on 12 July 1929.[1]

Bibliography

  • Williams, Hartley, Sir, 1843-1929 (1885), Religion without superstition, George Robertson{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (quite contrary to the beliefs of his namesake)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Miller, Robert. "Williams, Sir Hartley (1843–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). "Williams, His Honour Hartley" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "The Border Watch". The Border Watch. Vol. XXII, no. 2229. South Australia. 21 March 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.