Travers Adamson

Travers Adamson
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for The Murray
In office 23 October 1856 – 3 February 1858
In office 22 February 1858 – 9 August 1859
Personal details
Born	(1827-08-06)6 August 1827 Dublin, Ireland
Died	4 April 1897(1897-04-04) (aged 69) London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Profession	Barrister

Travers Adamson (6 August 1827 – 4 April 1897)[1] was an Irish barrister, who served as a politician and Solicitor-General of Victoria.

Adamson was born in Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in 1849.[2] Following his studies at King's Inns, he was called to the Irish Bar in April 1850. He was admitted to practise at the Victorian Bar on 24 November 1852.[3]

Adamson represented the Murray district in the first Legislative Assembly of Victoria, which assembled in November 1856. On 3 February 1858, he resigned the seat, having accepted the role of Prosecuting Barrister for Melbourne, and was re-elected to the assembly in a by-election on 22 February.[4] In 1859, The Murray was changed to a single-member district, and Adamson contested the new electoral district of Castlemaine but was defeated.

Adamson was appointed solicitor-general in the Nicholson government from 27 October 1859 to 5 March 1860,[5] and then Crown Prosecutor until he resigned in February 1883.[6] He left Victoria for England, and resided in London where he died in 1897.[7]

References

1. "Travers Adamson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p5: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Adamson, Travers" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
4. "NEW SOUTH WALES". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 3637. Victoria, Australia. 5 February 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 4 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Appointment Solicitor-General Travers Adamson". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 27 October 1859. p. 1859:2299.
6. "THE CROWN PROSECUTOR". The Age. No. 8730. Victoria, Australia. 8 February 1883. p. 7. Retrieved 4 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "OBITUARY". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LVII, no. 3, 132. Western Australia. 9 April 1897. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.