Arthur Holroyd
| Arthur Holroyd | |
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| Secretary for Public Works | |
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In office 16 October 1863 – 2 February 1865 |
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| Preceded by | William Arnold |
| Succeeded by | William Arnold |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 December 1806 London |
| Died | 15 June 1887 (aged 80) Merrylands, New South Wales |
Arthur Todd Holroyd (1 December 1806 – 15 June 1887) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1852 and 1856. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for two periods between 1856 and 1857 and again between 1861 and 1864.
Holroyd was the son of a London merchant. He was initially educated at Ripon Grammar School and then took medical degrees at the University of Edinburgh and Christ's College, Cambridge. After practicing as a physician in London for a short period he entered Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar. While studying law he traveled extensively in the Middle East, became proficient in Arabic and was the first Englishman to visit Kurdufan. He exposed the continuing horrors of the slave- trade in Sudan.
Holroyd emigrated to the antipodes in 1843 and commenced practice as a solicitor and barrister. Holroyd was a master in equity of the New South Wales Supreme Court between 1866 and 1881 and an acting justice in 1879. While on the bench, he was accused of displaying "extraordinary behaviour" but this was considered to be a product of his short temper rather than evidence of mis-conduct. Holroyd was an alderman and the first mayor of Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council (subsequently called Holroyd City Council), a leading Freemason and a trustee of Sydney Grammar School and St. Paul's College, Sydney. He developed a large property called "Sherwood Scrubs" in the area.
The former local government area of Holroyd and the suburb therein also called Holroyd, are named in his honor. His property there "Merrylands" also gives its name to the suburb of that name.
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