William Foster Stawell
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Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG |
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William Foster Stawell
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| 1st Attorney-General of Victoria, Australia | |
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In office 1851–1857 |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas Howard Fellows |
| 2nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria |
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In office 1857–1886 |
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| Preceded by | William à Beckett |
| Succeeded by | George Higinbotham |
| (Appointed) Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria |
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In office 1851–1856 |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria |
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In office 1855–1857 Serving with Archibald Michie and David Moore |
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| Constituency | Melbourne |
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27 June 1815 Old Court, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 12 March 1889 (aged 73) Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Frances Elizabeth Greene |
| Children | Richard Rawdon Stawell (son) |
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Trinity College, Dublin, King's Inns, and Lincoln's Inn |
| Occupation | Lawyer and Barrister |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG (27 June 1815 – 12 March 1889) was a British colonial statesman and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Stawell was the first Attorney-General of Victoria, serving from 1851 to 1856 as an appointed official sitting in the Victorian Legislative Council, and from 1856 until 1857, as an elected politician, representing Melbourne.
Stawell was born in Old Court, County Cork, Ireland the second son of ten children of Jonas Stawell, and his wife Anna, second daughter of the Right Reverend William Foster, bishop of Clogher. Stawell was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, studied law at the King’s Inns, Dublin, and at Lincoln’s Inn, and was called to the Irish bar in 1839. Stawell travelled in Europe with his friends Redmond Barry and James Moore. He practised law in Ireland until 1842 when he decided to emigrate to Australia.
Stawell was admitted to the Port Phillip District bar in 1843. He engaged extensively in pastoral pursuits, and had sheep stations at Natte Yallock, Victoria, on the banks of the Avoca River, and in the neighbourhood of Lake Wallace, near the South Australian border. When Charles Perry came to Australia as first bishop of Melbourne, Stawell helped him to form a constitution for the newly created diocese. His first cousins and fellow Anglo-Irish, the brothers William and Leopold de Salis also went to Australia in the 1840s.
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